The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 16
... ruined this nation , along with the rest of Europe . At home all the Jacobin socie- ties , formed for the utter destruction of our Consti- tution , would have lifted up their heads , which had been beaten down by the two proclamations ...
... ruined this nation , along with the rest of Europe . At home all the Jacobin socie- ties , formed for the utter destruction of our Consti- tution , would have lifted up their heads , which had been beaten down by the two proclamations ...
Page 52
... ruin will most certainly bo the result of this very sort of machinations against the House of Commons . It is not from a confidence in the views or intentions of any statesman that I think he is to be indulged in these perilous amuse 52 ...
... ruin will most certainly bo the result of this very sort of machinations against the House of Commons . It is not from a confidence in the views or intentions of any statesman that I think he is to be indulged in these perilous amuse 52 ...
Page 62
... ruin of the country , if it should continue and spread . Mr. Pitt may be the worst of men , and Mr. Fox may be the best ; but , at present , the former is in the interest of his country , and of the order of things long established in ...
... ruin of the country , if it should continue and spread . Mr. Pitt may be the worst of men , and Mr. Fox may be the best ; but , at present , the former is in the interest of his country , and of the order of things long established in ...
Page 93
... ruined our affairs Tin Belgium . The anarchy of the administration of Pache , which has completely disorganized the supply of our armies ; which by that disorganization reduced the army of Dumouriez to stop in the middle of its ...
... ruined our affairs Tin Belgium . The anarchy of the administration of Pache , which has completely disorganized the supply of our armies ; which by that disorganization reduced the army of Dumouriez to stop in the middle of its ...
Page 119
... ruin of their own character and situation ? What I say of the German princes , that I say of all the other dignities and all the other institutions of the Holy Roman Empire . If they have a mind to destroy themselves , they may put ...
... ruin of their own character and situation ? What I say of the German princes , that I say of all the other dignities and all the other institutions of the Holy Roman Empire . If they have a mind to destroy themselves , they may put ...
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