The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 30
... direct opposition to all the ordinary powers of the world ; and could justify that opposition only on a strong claim to natural liberty . Their very existence depended on the pow- erful and unremitted assertion of that claim . All ...
... direct opposition to all the ordinary powers of the world ; and could justify that opposition only on a strong claim to natural liberty . Their very existence depended on the pow- erful and unremitted assertion of that claim . All ...
Page 38
... direct and immediate power of the colonies to resist our violence , as very formidable . In this , however , I may be mistaken . But when I consider , that we have colonies for no purpose but to be serviceable to us , it seems to my ...
... direct and immediate power of the colonies to resist our violence , as very formidable . In this , however , I may be mistaken . But when I consider , that we have colonies for no purpose but to be serviceable to us , it seems to my ...
Page 93
... direct the state ; but I should be ashamed to make myself one of a noisy mul- titude to hollow and hearten them into doubtful and danger- ous courses . A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood . He would feel some ...
... direct the state ; but I should be ashamed to make myself one of a noisy mul- titude to hollow and hearten them into doubtful and danger- ous courses . A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood . He would feel some ...
Page 146
... direct interest of govern- ment ; of government taken abstractedly from its duties , and considered merely as a system intending its own conserva- tion . If there is any one eminent criterion , which , above all the rest , distinguishes ...
... direct interest of govern- ment ; of government taken abstractedly from its duties , and considered merely as a system intending its own conserva- tion . If there is any one eminent criterion , which , above all the rest , distinguishes ...
Page 171
... direct interest in the proper exe- cution of the business . To avoid frittering and crumbling , down the attention by a blind unsystematick observance of every trifle , it has ever been found the best way to do all things which are ...
... direct interest in the proper exe- cution of the business . To avoid frittering and crumbling , down the attention by a blind unsystematick observance of every trifle , it has ever been found the best way to do all things which are ...
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