The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... object with as much cagerness as ever , but with more ' dex- terity . Under the plausible name of peace , by which , they delude or are deluded , they would deliver us unarmed and defenceless to the confederation of Jacobins , whose ...
... object with as much cagerness as ever , but with more ' dex- terity . Under the plausible name of peace , by which , they delude or are deluded , they would deliver us unarmed and defenceless to the confederation of Jacobins , whose ...
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... objects of his negotiation . This proceeding of Mr. Fox does not ( as I con- ceive ) amount to absolute high treason , Russia , though on bad terms , not having been then declared- ly at war with this kingdom . But such a proceed- ing ...
... objects of his negotiation . This proceeding of Mr. Fox does not ( as I con- ceive ) amount to absolute high treason , Russia , though on bad terms , not having been then declared- ly at war with this kingdom . But such a proceed- ing ...
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... object of terror , we could have no war . 6. In the extraordinary and violent speeches of that day , he attributed all the evils which the pub- lic had suffered to the proclamation of the preceding summer ; though he spoke in presence ...
... object of terror , we could have no war . 6. In the extraordinary and violent speeches of that day , he attributed all the evils which the pub- lic had suffered to the proclamation of the preceding summer ; though he spoke in presence ...
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... object the pretended improvement of the British Constitution . What is the most remark- able , and by much the more mischievous part of his proceedings that day , Mr. Fox likewise struck out everything in the address which related to ...
... object the pretended improvement of the British Constitution . What is the most remark- able , and by much the more mischievous part of his proceedings that day , Mr. Fox likewise struck out everything in the address which related to ...
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... object of prosecution . At a time in which the press has been the grand instrument of the subver- sion of order , of morals , of religion , and , I may say , of human society itself , to carry the doctrines of its liberty higher than ...
... object of prosecution . At a time in which the press has been the grand instrument of the subver- sion of order , of morals , of religion , and , I may say , of human society itself , to carry the doctrines of its liberty higher than ...
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