The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... body of gentlemen , who had wished that the city of Bristol should , at this critical season , be repre- sented by some gentleman of tried abilities and known com- mercial knowledge , immediately put Mr. Burke in nomina- tion . Some of ...
... body of gentlemen , who had wished that the city of Bristol should , at this critical season , be repre- sented by some gentleman of tried abilities and known com- mercial knowledge , immediately put Mr. Burke in nomina- tion . Some of ...
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... body ad- mitted . When I was invited by many respectable merchants , free- holders , and freemen of this city , to offer them my services , I had just received the honour of an election at another place , at a very great distance from ...
... body ad- mitted . When I was invited by many respectable merchants , free- holders , and freemen of this city , to offer them my services , I had just received the honour of an election at another place , at a very great distance from ...
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... body ? The reverse . It is the very food that has nourished every other part into its present magnitude . Our general trade has been greatly augmented ; and augmented more or less in almost every part to which it ever extended ; but ...
... body ? The reverse . It is the very food that has nourished every other part into its present magnitude . Our general trade has been greatly augmented ; and augmented more or less in almost every part to which it ever extended ; but ...
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... body , and should tell him- " Young man , there is America - which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men , and uncouth manners ; yet shall , before you taste of death , shew itself equal to the ...
... body , and should tell him- " Young man , there is America - which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men , and uncouth manners ; yet shall , before you taste of death , shew itself equal to the ...
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... body called an house of commons . They went much further ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that in theory it ought to be so , from the particular nature of a house of commons , as an im- mediate representative of the ...
... body called an house of commons . They went much further ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that in theory it ought to be so , from the particular nature of a house of commons , as an im- mediate representative of the ...
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