The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page v
... publick labours of that great man and distinguish- ed statesman , will form , I trust , but a small part of your claim to such a distinction . Your father , and your great- uncle the late Marquess of Rockingham , in addition to the ...
... publick labours of that great man and distinguish- ed statesman , will form , I trust , but a small part of your claim to such a distinction . Your father , and your great- uncle the late Marquess of Rockingham , in addition to the ...
Page vi
... publick life . But hereditary veneration for his character , and the studious perusal of his writings , have , in a great degree , supplied that loss . Had he lived to know how firmly and zealously you are attached to the principles ...
... publick life . But hereditary veneration for his character , and the studious perusal of his writings , have , in a great degree , supplied that loss . Had he lived to know how firmly and zealously you are attached to the principles ...
Page viii
... publick exposure of the crimes which had been perpetrated , he had not only discharged a sacred and imperative duty , but at the same time had interposed a powerful check to the commis- sion in future of such enormities . It was from ...
... publick exposure of the crimes which had been perpetrated , he had not only discharged a sacred and imperative duty , but at the same time had interposed a powerful check to the commis- sion in future of such enormities . It was from ...
Page ix
... publick affairs , are known to those , who have either sat in council , or have held corres- pondence with him upon political subjects . His official ser- vices , indeed , during the late long reign , will not appear frequent in the ...
... publick affairs , are known to those , who have either sat in council , or have held corres- pondence with him upon political subjects . His official ser- vices , indeed , during the late long reign , will not appear frequent in the ...
Page xii
... publick the indulgence , which I may require , for the venial gratification of private and personal feelings , as no unreasonable compensation for the labour and pains bestowed in preparing these posthumous works for its perusal . TRIAL ...
... publick the indulgence , which I may require , for the venial gratification of private and personal feelings , as no unreasonable compensation for the labour and pains bestowed in preparing these posthumous works for its perusal . TRIAL ...
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