The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 34
... better pros pects of success . Mr. Fox must have been well aware , that , if we were to break with the greater Continental powers , and particularly to come to a rupture with them , in the violent and intemperate mode in which he would ...
... better pros pects of success . Mr. Fox must have been well aware , that , if we were to break with the greater Continental powers , and particularly to come to a rupture with them , in the violent and intemperate mode in which he would ...
Page 42
... better of him , and that , in case of his power , he might change his mind . But supposing , that , from better ' or from worse motives , he might change his mind on his acquisition of the favor of the crown , 1 seriously fear , that ...
... better of him , and that , in case of his power , he might change his mind . But supposing , that , from better ' or from worse motives , he might change his mind on his acquisition of the favor of the crown , 1 seriously fear , that ...
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Edmund Burke. 1 1 and that my probability of life is not better , for the more effectual pursuit of that object . But I trust that neither the principles nor exertions will die with me . I am the rather confirmed in this my resolution ...
Edmund Burke. 1 1 and that my probability of life is not better , for the more effectual pursuit of that object . But I trust that neither the principles nor exertions will die with me . I am the rather confirmed in this my resolution ...
Page 71
... better description . • * A little bofore this removal , and evidently as a part of the conspiracy , Roland put into the king's hands , as a memorial , the most insolent , seditious , and atrocious libel that has probably ever been ...
... better description . • * A little bofore this removal , and evidently as a part of the conspiracy , Roland put into the king's hands , as a memorial , the most insolent , seditious , and atrocious libel that has probably ever been ...
Page 98
... better than another kind of despotism has been seen in the revolutionary power . We have seen in the commissioners of the Na- tional Convention nothing but proconsuls working the mine of Belgium for the profit of the French nation ...
... better than another kind of despotism has been seen in the revolutionary power . We have seen in the commissioners of the Na- tional Convention nothing but proconsuls working the mine of Belgium for the profit of the French nation ...
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