The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page ix
... conduct is well known to his country ; for covertly or in concealment , I may confidently assert , he has done nothing . To his country , then , I may safely leave the judgment of that conduct . His political knowledge , and his ability ...
... conduct is well known to his country ; for covertly or in concealment , I may confidently assert , he has done nothing . To his country , then , I may safely leave the judgment of that conduct . His political knowledge , and his ability ...
Page 17
... conduct ourselves , that nothing in the revival of this great parliamentary process shall afford a pretext for its future disuse . My lords , strongly impressed as they are with these sen- timents , the Commons have conducted themselves ...
... conduct ourselves , that nothing in the revival of this great parliamentary process shall afford a pretext for its future disuse . My lords , strongly impressed as they are with these sen- timents , the Commons have conducted themselves ...
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... conduct in that high and elevat- ed situation will undoubtedly be scrutinized with a severity as great as its power is invidious . It is well known , that enormous wealth has poured into this country from India through a thousand ...
... conduct in that high and elevat- ed situation will undoubtedly be scrutinized with a severity as great as its power is invidious . It is well known , that enormous wealth has poured into this country from India through a thousand ...
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... conduct through all their progress . On the expectants of office it imposed the necessity of acquiring a character in proportion to their standing ; in order that all , which they had gained by the good behaviour of years , should not ...
... conduct through all their progress . On the expectants of office it imposed the necessity of acquiring a character in proportion to their standing ; in order that all , which they had gained by the good behaviour of years , should not ...
Page 36
... conduct , when we come to examine that conduct , will be seen . These circumstances in the system have , in a great degree , vitiated and perverted what is in reality , and many things are in reality , excellent in it . They have ...
... conduct , when we come to examine that conduct , will be seen . These circumstances in the system have , in a great degree , vitiated and perverted what is in reality , and many things are in reality , excellent in it . They have ...
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