The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... evil , —an evil from which , before this time , England was more free than any other nation . Noth- ing can preserve us from that evil which connects cabinet factions abroad with popular factions here — but the keeping sacred the crown ...
... evil , —an evil from which , before this time , England was more free than any other nation . Noth- ing can preserve us from that evil which connects cabinet factions abroad with popular factions here — but the keeping sacred the crown ...
Page 14
... evil design on the liberties of the people , declaring distinctly , strongly , and precise- ly , that the whole danger of the nation was from the growth of the power of the crown . The policy of this declaration was obvious . It was in ...
... evil design on the liberties of the people , declaring distinctly , strongly , and precise- ly , that the whole danger of the nation was from the growth of the power of the crown . The policy of this declaration was obvious . It was in ...
Page 50
... of all kinds on the people , with every other evil and inconvenience which we have suffered since the Revolution , have been owing solely to an House of Commons which does not speak the sense of the people 50 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
... of all kinds on the people , with every other evil and inconvenience which we have suffered since the Revolution , have been owing solely to an House of Commons which does not speak the sense of the people 50 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
Page 53
... evil intention . If I had meant to do so , perhaps they are stated with tolera- ble exactness . But I have no such view . The in- tentions of these gentlemen may be very pure . I do not dispute it . But I think they are in some great ...
... evil intention . If I had meant to do so , perhaps they are stated with tolera- ble exactness . But I have no such view . The in- tentions of these gentlemen may be very pure . I do not dispute it . But I think they are in some great ...
Page 61
... evil which ever afflicted mankind , a thing which goes beyond the power of all calculation in its mischief , - and that , if it is suffered to exist in France , we must in England , and speedily too , fall into that calamity . 54. I ...
... evil which ever afflicted mankind , a thing which goes beyond the power of all calculation in its mischief , - and that , if it is suffered to exist in France , we must in England , and speedily too , fall into that calamity . 54. I ...
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