The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... situation . They know too well the domineering necessities , which frequently occur in all great affairs . They know the exigency of a pressing occasion , which , in its pre- cipitate career , bears every thing down before it , which ...
... situation . They know too well the domineering necessities , which frequently occur in all great affairs . They know the exigency of a pressing occasion , which , in its pre- cipitate career , bears every thing down before it , which ...
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... 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 channels , publick and concealed ; and it ...
... 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 channels , publick and concealed ; and it ...
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... situation . However primary in their original in- tention , they will become secondary . The possession , there- fore , and the power of assertion , of these great authorities , coinciding with the improved state of Europe , with the im ...
... situation . However primary in their original in- tention , they will become secondary . The possession , there- fore , and the power of assertion , of these great authorities , coinciding with the improved state of Europe , with the im ...
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... situation , which , when he may be qualified to all , he is no longer to hold . It is in a great measure the same with regard to the other situations . They are the situations of great statesmen , which , according to the practice of ...
... situation , which , when he may be qualified to all , he is no longer to hold . It is in a great measure the same with regard to the other situations . They are the situations of great statesmen , which , according to the practice of ...
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... situation in this particular . It was much to be lamented indeed . How far it will furnish justi- fication , extenuation , or palliation of his conduct , when we come to examine that conduct , will be seen . These circumstances in the ...
... situation in this particular . It was much to be lamented indeed . How far it will furnish justi- fication , extenuation , or palliation of his conduct , when we come to examine that conduct , will be seen . These circumstances in the ...
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