The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... least likeness to a positive and precipitate engagement . To be a good member of par- liament , is , let me tell you , no easy task ; especially at this time , when there is so strong a disposition to run into the perilous extremes of ...
... least likeness to a positive and precipitate engagement . To be a good member of par- liament , is , let me tell you , no easy task ; especially at this time , when there is so strong a disposition to run into the perilous extremes of ...
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... least deviation in my original sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in errour , or to a religious adherence to what appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . Sir , Parliament having an ...
... least deviation in my original sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in errour , or to a religious adherence to what appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . Sir , Parliament having an ...
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... deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of inhabitants of our own European blood 16 and colour ; besides at least 500,000 others , CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 19.
... deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of inhabitants of our own European blood 16 and colour ; besides at least 500,000 others , CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 19.
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Edmund Burke. 16 and colour ; besides at least 500,000 others , who form no in- considerable part of the strength and opulence of the whole . This , Sir , is , I believe , about the true number . There is no occasion to exaggerate ...
Edmund Burke. 16 and colour ; besides at least 500,000 others , who form no in- considerable part of the strength and opulence of the whole . This , Sir , is , I believe , about the true number . There is no occasion to exaggerate ...
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... least to be made to comprehend such things . He was then old enough acta parentum jam legere , et quæ sit poterit cognoscere virtus . - Suppose , Sir , that the angel of this auspicious youth , foreseeing the many virtues , which made ...
... least to be made to comprehend such things . He was then old enough acta parentum jam legere , et quæ sit poterit cognoscere virtus . - Suppose , Sir , that the angel of this auspicious youth , foreseeing the many virtues , which made ...
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