The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... do not stand in need of any apology for my principles , my sentiments , or my conduct . I wish the paper I lay before your Grace to be considered as my most deliberate , solemn , and even testament- 4 LETTER TO THE DUKE OF PORTLAND .
... do not stand in need of any apology for my principles , my sentiments , or my conduct . I wish the paper I lay before your Grace to be considered as my most deliberate , solemn , and even testament- 4 LETTER TO THE DUKE OF PORTLAND .
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... principles may on collateral considerations be regarded as 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 ...
... principles may on collateral considerations be regarded as 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 ...
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... principles . Of late , with- out any alteration in their sentiments or in mine , a difference of a very unusual nature , and which , under the circumstances , it is not easy to describe , has arisen between us . In my journey with them ...
... principles . Of late , with- out any alteration in their sentiments or in mine , a difference of a very unusual nature , and which , under the circumstances , it is not easy to describe , has arisen between us . In my journey with them ...
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... principles of government , is in a more narrow view of things not less reprehensible . It tends to the prejudice of the whole of the Duke of Portland's late party , by discrediting the principles npon which they supported Mr. Fox in the ...
... principles of government , is in a more narrow view of things not less reprehensible . It tends to the prejudice of the whole of the Duke of Portland's late party , by discrediting the principles npon which they supported Mr. Fox in the ...
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... principles and cabals in England , Mr. Fox did not ( as had been usual in cases of far less moment ) call together any meeting of the Duke of Portland's friends in the House of Commons , for the purpose of taking their opinion on the ...
... principles and cabals in England , Mr. Fox did not ( as had been usual in cases of far less moment ) call together any meeting of the Duke of Portland's friends in the House of Commons , for the purpose of taking their opinion on the ...
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