The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... tion , and affectionate attachment , Your Grace's most faithful friend , And most obedient humble scrvant , EDMUND BURKE . BEACONSFIELD , Sept. 29 , 1793 . • OBSERVATIONS . PPROACHING towards the close of a long 6 LETTER TO THE DUKE OF ...
... tion , and affectionate attachment , Your Grace's most faithful friend , And most obedient humble scrvant , EDMUND BURKE . BEACONSFIELD , Sept. 29 , 1793 . • OBSERVATIONS . PPROACHING towards the close of a long 6 LETTER TO THE DUKE OF ...
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... tion , and in presence of the Duke of Portland's brother , Lord Edward Bentinck , and several others of his best friends and nearest relations . 7. On that day , that is , on the 13th of December , 1792 , he proposed an amendment to the ...
... tion , and in presence of the Duke of Portland's brother , Lord Edward Bentinck , and several others of his best friends and nearest relations . 7. On that day , that is , on the 13th of December , 1792 , he proposed an amendment to the ...
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... tion against Jacobin publications , ( which , contrary to his opinions , he had promoted and signed , ) a mis- chievous society was formed under his auspices , called The Friends of the Liberty of the Press . Their title groundlessly ...
... tion against Jacobin publications , ( which , contrary to his opinions , he had promoted and signed , ) a mis- chievous society was formed under his auspices , called The Friends of the Liberty of the Press . Their title groundlessly ...
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... tion a sort of defensive policy . Thus , on whatever roads he travelled , they all terminated in recom- mending a recognition of their pretended republic , and in the plan of sending an ambassador to it . This was the burden of all his ...
... tion a sort of defensive policy . Thus , on whatever roads he travelled , they all terminated in recom- mending a recognition of their pretended republic , and in the plan of sending an ambassador to it . This was the burden of all his ...
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Edmund Burke. tion and so humiliating an embassy as he moved , he was bound to produce his authority , if any au- thority he had . He ought to have done this the rather , because Le Brun , in his first propositions , and in his answers ...
Edmund Burke. tion and so humiliating an embassy as he moved , he was bound to produce his authority , if any au- thority he had . He ought to have done this the rather , because Le Brun , in his first propositions , and in his answers ...
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