The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 23
... ; and that the cause of the dispute was lost in the consequences . The people of England were then , as they are now , called upon to make government strong . They thought it a great deal better to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 223.
... ; and that the cause of the dispute was lost in the consequences . The people of England were then , as they are now , called upon to make government strong . They thought it a great deal better to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 223.
Page 39
... better than all the doctrines which the pliant accommodation of theology to power has ever produced . It cuts up by the roots , not only all idea of forcible resistance , but even of civil opposition . It disposes men to an abject ...
... better than all the doctrines which the pliant accommodation of theology to power has ever produced . It cuts up by the roots , not only all idea of forcible resistance , but even of civil opposition . It disposes men to an abject ...
Page 43
... better things , and as a means of showing , experimentally , that justice to others is not always folly to ourselves , I should Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, ON BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade IRELAND.
... better things , and as a means of showing , experimentally , that justice to others is not always folly to ourselves , I should Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, ON BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade IRELAND.
Page 51
... is not taken from ourselves . But it is fit that we should get the better of these suggestions , which come from what is not the best and soundest part of our nature , and that we should E. 2 TWO LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN IN BRISTOL . 51.
... is not taken from ourselves . But it is fit that we should get the better of these suggestions , which come from what is not the best and soundest part of our nature , and that we should E. 2 TWO LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN IN BRISTOL . 51.
Page 55
... BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF PAR- LIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL REFORMATION OF THE CIVIL AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS . MR . SPEAKER , I rise , in acquittal of my engagement to the House , in obedience to the strong and just ...
... BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF PAR- LIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL REFORMATION OF THE CIVIL AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS . MR . SPEAKER , I rise , in acquittal of my engagement to the House , in obedience to the strong and just ...
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