The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 9
... reasons , influence my judgment . I think that the spirit of his late pro- ceedings is wholly alien to our national policy , and to the peace , to the prosperity , and to the legal liberties of this nation , according to our ancient ...
... reasons , influence my judgment . I think that the spirit of his late pro- ceedings is wholly alien to our national policy , and to the peace , to the prosperity , and to the legal liberties of this nation , according to our ancient ...
Page 14
... reason to know that the course he had resolved to pursue would be highly disagreeable to them , he represented the alarm , which was a second time given and taken , in still more invidious colors than those in which he painted the ...
... reason to know that the course he had resolved to pursue would be highly disagreeable to them , he represented the alarm , which was a second time given and taken , in still more invidious colors than those in which he painted the ...
Page 17
... reason to be apprised of the general dislike of the Duke of Portland's friends to this conduct . Some of those who had even voted with him , the day after their vote , ex- pressed their abhorrence of his amendment , their sense of its ...
... reason to be apprised of the general dislike of the Duke of Portland's friends to this conduct . Some of those who had even voted with him , the day after their vote , ex- pressed their abhorrence of his amendment , their sense of its ...
Page 37
... reasons for management and caution which he has , they speak out . He satisfies himself merely with making his invectives , and leaves others to draw the conclusion . But they produce their Polish interposition for the express purpose ...
... reasons for management and caution which he has , they speak out . He satisfies himself merely with making his invectives , and leaves others to draw the conclusion . But they produce their Polish interposition for the express purpose ...
Page 38
... a war are not matters of feeling , but of reason and foresight , and often of remote considera- tions , and of a very great combination of circumstan ces which they are utterly incapable of comprehend- ing : 38 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
... a war are not matters of feeling , but of reason and foresight , and often of remote considera- tions , and of a very great combination of circumstan ces which they are utterly incapable of comprehend- ing : 38 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
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