The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... consideration of which I am capable . The public has a full right to it ; and this great city , a main pillar in the commercial interest of Great Britain , must totter on its base by the slightest mistake with regard to our Ameri- can ...
... consideration of which I am capable . The public has a full right to it ; and this great city , a main pillar in the commercial interest of Great Britain , must totter on its base by the slightest mistake with regard to our Ameri- can ...
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... consideration of the present and the growing numbers in the front of our deliberation ; because , Sir , this consideration will make it evident to a blunter discernment than yours , that no partial , narrow , contracted , pinched , oc ...
... consideration of the present and the growing numbers in the front of our deliberation ; because , Sir , this consideration will make it evident to a blunter discernment than yours , that no partial , narrow , contracted , pinched , oc ...
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... consideration . It is good for us to be here . We stand where we have an immense view of what is , and what is past . Clouds indeed , and darkness , rest upon the future . Let us , however , before we descend from this noble eminence ...
... consideration . It is good for us to be here . We stand where we have an immense view of what is , and what is past . Clouds indeed , and darkness , rest upon the future . Let us , however , before we descend from this noble eminence ...
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... consideration concerning this object , which serves to determine my opinion on the sort of policy which ought to be pursued in the management of America , even more than its population and its commerce , I mean its temper and char ...
... consideration concerning this object , which serves to determine my opinion on the sort of policy which ought to be pursued in the management of America , even more than its population and its commerce , I mean its temper and char ...
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... consideration is , to prosecute that spirit in its overt acts , as criminal . At this proposition , I must pause a moment . The thing seems a great deal too big for my ideas of jurisprudence . It should seem , to my way of conceiving ...
... consideration is , to prosecute that spirit in its overt acts , as criminal . At this proposition , I must pause a moment . The thing seems a great deal too big for my ideas of jurisprudence . It should seem , to my way of conceiving ...
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