The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... greater part , written during the last session . A few days after the prorogation some few observations were added . I was , however , resolved to let it lie by me for a considerable time , that , on viewing the matter at a proper ...
... greater part , written during the last session . A few days after the prorogation some few observations were added . I was , however , resolved to let it lie by me for a considerable time , that , on viewing the matter at a proper ...
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... greater . It is my protest against the delusion by which some have been taught to look upon this Jacobin contest at home as an ordinary party squabble about place or patronage , and to re- gard this Jacobin war abroad as a common war ...
... greater . It is my protest against the delusion by which some have been taught to look upon this Jacobin contest at home as an ordinary party squabble about place or patronage , and to re- gard this Jacobin war abroad as a common war ...
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... greater part of the nation , to the panic produced by the pretended Pop- ish plot in the reign of Charles the Second , de- scribing it to be , as that was , a contrivance of knaves , and believed only by well - meaning dupes and mad ...
... greater part of the nation , to the panic produced by the pretended Pop- ish plot in the reign of Charles the Second , de- scribing it to be , as that was , a contrivance of knaves , and believed only by well - meaning dupes and mad ...
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... greater Continental powers , and particularly to come to a rupture with them , in the violent and intemperate mode in which he would have made the breach , the defence of Holland against a foreign enemy and a strong domestic faction ...
... greater Continental powers , and particularly to come to a rupture with them , in the violent and intemperate mode in which he would have made the breach , the defence of Holland against a foreign enemy and a strong domestic faction ...
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... greater degree , if the kind of peace , in the manner which he preaches , ever shall be established with the reigning faction in France . 38. So far as to the French practices with regard to France and the other powers of Europe . As to ...
... greater degree , if the kind of peace , in the manner which he preaches , ever shall be established with the reigning faction in France . 38. So far as to the French practices with regard to France and the other powers of Europe . As to ...
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