The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... true friend , who had , comparatively with men of your description , a very small interest in op- posing the modern system of morality and policy , but who , under every discouragement , was faithful to public duty and to private ...
... true friend , who had , comparatively with men of your description , a very small interest in op- posing the modern system of morality and policy , but who , under every discouragement , was faithful to public duty and to private ...
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... ( true or false ) is totally contrary to the policy which this country has pursued with France at various periods , partic- . ularly at the Treaty of Ryswick , in the last century , and at the Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle , in this ...
... ( true or false ) is totally contrary to the policy which this country has pursued with France at various periods , partic- . ularly at the Treaty of Ryswick , in the last century , and at the Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle , in this ...
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... true character of the cause itself . This step was taken by Mr. Fox immediately after his giving his assent to the grant of supply voted to him by Mr. Serjeant Adair and a committee of gentlemen who assumed to themselves to act in the ...
... true character of the cause itself . This step was taken by Mr. Fox immediately after his giving his assent to the grant of supply voted to him by Mr. Serjeant Adair and a committee of gentlemen who assumed to themselves to act in the ...
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... true as to other nations . They had not , however , been so to us or to Holland . He produced no proof of active ambition and ill faith against Aus- tria . But supposing the combined powers had been all thus faithless , and been all ...
... true as to other nations . They had not , however , been so to us or to Holland . He produced no proof of active ambition and ill faith against Aus- tria . But supposing the combined powers had been all thus faithless , and been all ...
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... true grounds of the Revolution Settlement in 1688. He lamented all the defeats of the French ; he rejoiced in all their victories , even when these victories threatened to overwhelm the continent of Europe , and , by facili- tating ...
... true grounds of the Revolution Settlement in 1688. He lamented all the defeats of the French ; he rejoiced in all their victories , even when these victories threatened to overwhelm the continent of Europe , and , by facili- tating ...
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