The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 5
... political bal- ance of power among rival or jealous states . Above all , it is my protest against that mistake or perver- sion of sentiment by which they who agree with us in our principles may on collateral considerations be regarded ...
... political bal- ance of power among rival or jealous states . Above all , it is my protest against that mistake or perver- sion of sentiment by which they who agree with us in our principles may on collateral considerations be regarded ...
Page 18
... political principles relative to France ( considered merely as a state , and indepen- dent of its Jacobin form of ... politics agreed with their modes of proceeding : I allude to the mischievous writings circulated with much industry and ...
... political principles relative to France ( considered merely as a state , and indepen- dent of its Jacobin form of ... politics agreed with their modes of proceeding : I allude to the mischievous writings circulated with much industry and ...
Page 19
... political writing whatsoever as a libel , or as a fit 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 ...
... political writing whatsoever as a libel , or as a fit 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 ...
Page 25
... politics into this discussion was not for the sake of Poland ; it was to throw an odium upon those who are obliged to decline the cause of justice from their impossibility of supporting a cause which they ap- prove as if we , who think ...
... politics into this discussion was not for the sake of Poland ; it was to throw an odium upon those who are obliged to decline the cause of justice from their impossibility of supporting a cause which they ap- prove as if we , who think ...
Page 29
... must totally and forover cut off all politi- cal communication between England and the Conti- --- Such must have been the situation of Europe , according to Mr. Fox's system of politics , howover laudable CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . 29.
... must totally and forover cut off all politi- cal communication between England and the Conti- --- Such must have been the situation of Europe , according to Mr. Fox's system of politics , howover laudable CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . 29.
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