The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 14
... danger from abroad , on the first day of the session he said little or nothing upon the subject . He contented himself with defending the ruling factions in France , and with accusing the public councils of this kingdom of every sort of ...
... danger from abroad , on the first day of the session he said little or nothing upon the subject . He contented himself with defending the ruling factions in France , and with accusing the public councils of this kingdom of every sort of ...
Page 16
... dangerous growth of her pow- er upon every side ; and instead of all those weighty , and , at that time , necessary matters , by which the House of Commons was ( in a crisis such as perhaps Europe never stood ) to give assurances to our ...
... dangerous growth of her pow- er upon every side ; and instead of all those weighty , and , at that time , necessary matters , by which the House of Commons was ( in a crisis such as perhaps Europe never stood ) to give assurances to our ...
Page 17
... dangerous foreign communications would have been left broad and open ; the crown would not have been authorized to take any measure whatever for our immediate defence by sea or land . The closest , the most natural , the nearest , and ...
... dangerous foreign communications would have been left broad and open ; the crown would not have been authorized to take any measure whatever for our immediate defence by sea or land . The closest , the most natural , the nearest , and ...
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... dangerous kind , in Paris and in London , were removed from the King's Guards , Mr. Fox took occasion in the House of Commons heavily to cen- sure that act , as unjust and oppressive , and tending to make officers bad citizens . There ...
... dangerous kind , in Paris and in London , were removed from the King's Guards , Mr. Fox took occasion in the House of Commons heavily to cen- sure that act , as unjust and oppressive , and tending to make officers bad citizens . There ...
Page 22
... dangerous by the links of real faction and pretended commerce , would have been ( had Mr. Fox succeeded ) enabled to carry on the war against us by our own resources . For this purpose that enemy would have had his agents and traitors ...
... dangerous by the links of real faction and pretended commerce , would have been ( had Mr. Fox succeeded ) enabled to carry on the war against us by our own resources . For this purpose that enemy would have had his agents and traitors ...
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