The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... enemies , and those who , in this perilous crisis of all human affairs , differ from us fundamen- tally and practically , as our best friends . Thus per- sons of great importance may be made to turn the whole of their influence to the ...
... enemies , and those who , in this perilous crisis of all human affairs , differ from us fundamen- tally and practically , as our best friends . Thus per- sons of great importance may be made to turn the whole of their influence to the ...
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... enemy of Europe , he substituted nothing but a criminal charge on the conduct of the British govern- ment for calling Parliament together , and an engage- ment to inquire into that conduct . 8. If it had pleased God to suffer him to ...
... enemy of Europe , he substituted nothing but a criminal charge on the conduct of the British govern- ment for calling Parliament together , and an engage- ment to inquire into that conduct . 8. If it had pleased God to suffer him to ...
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... enemies of or- der , would in vain look for support , when they stood in the greatest need of it . 13. Mr. Fox's whole conduct , on this occasion , was without example . The very morning after these 1 violent declamations in the House ...
... enemies of or- der , would in vain look for support , when they stood in the greatest need of it . 13. Mr. Fox's whole conduct , on this occasion , was without example . The very morning after these 1 violent declamations in the House ...
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... enemy , rendered infinitely dangerous by the links of real faction and pretended commerce , would have been ( had Mr. Fox succeeded ) enabled to carry on the war against us by our own resources . For this purpose that enemy would have ...
... enemy , rendered infinitely dangerous by the links of real faction and pretended commerce , would have been ( had Mr. Fox succeeded ) enabled to carry on the war against us by our own resources . For this purpose that enemy would have ...
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... enemy's uniform practice , who , whether in peace or in war , makes it his great aim not only to change the government , but to make an entire revolution in the whole of the social order in every country . 1 The object of the last of ...
... enemy's uniform practice , who , whether in peace or in war , makes it his great aim not only to change the government , but to make an entire revolution in the whole of the social order in every country . 1 The object of the last of ...
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