The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 33
... imposed on by forms of language . We must act on the substance of things . To abandon Austria in this manner was to abandon VOL . V. 3 Holland itself . For suppose France , encouraged and strengthened CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . 33.
... imposed on by forms of language . We must act on the substance of things . To abandon Austria in this manner was to abandon VOL . V. 3 Holland itself . For suppose France , encouraged and strengthened CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . 33.
Page 34
Edmund Burke. Holland itself . For suppose France , encouraged and strengthened as she must have been by our treach- erous desertion , - suppose France , I say , to succeed against Austria , ( as she had succeeded the very year before ...
Edmund Burke. Holland itself . For suppose France , encouraged and strengthened as she must have been by our treach- erous desertion , - suppose France , I say , to succeed against Austria , ( as she had succeeded the very year before ...
Page 42
... suppose . One may think better of him , and that , in case of his power , he might change his mind . But supposing , that , from better or from worse motives , he might change his mind on his acquisition of the favor of the crown , I ...
... suppose . One may think better of him , and that , in case of his power , he might change his mind . But supposing , that , from better or from worse motives , he might change his mind on his acquisition of the favor of the crown , I ...
Page 45
... that sovereignty and subjection are ideas which cannot exist . It is the compact on which society is formed that makes both . But to suppose the people , - contrary to their compacts , both to give away CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . 45.
... that sovereignty and subjection are ideas which cannot exist . It is the compact on which society is formed that makes both . But to suppose the people , - contrary to their compacts , both to give away CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . 45.
Page 96
... suppose it so for a moment ; but still this opinion of Belgium deserved to be considered . In general , we have always considered our own opinions and our own intentions rather than the people whose cause we defend . We have given those ...
... suppose it so for a moment ; but still this opinion of Belgium deserved to be considered . In general , we have always considered our own opinions and our own intentions rather than the people whose cause we defend . We have given those ...
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