The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 37
... court , but to win his way to power through the labo- rious gradations of public service , and to secure him- self a well - earned rank in Parliament by a thorough knowledge of its constitution and a perfect practice in all its business ...
... court , but to win his way to power through the labo- rious gradations of public service , and to secure him- self a well - earned rank in Parliament by a thorough knowledge of its constitution and a perfect practice in all its business ...
Page 48
... court then was , a modification , would have satisfied a timid , unsystematic , procrastinating ministry , as such a meas- ure has since done such a ministry . A modification is the constant resource of weak , undeciding minds . To ...
... court then was , a modification , would have satisfied a timid , unsystematic , procrastinating ministry , as such a meas- ure has since done such a ministry . A modification is the constant resource of weak , undeciding minds . To ...
Page 49
... court , gave a total repeal to the Stamp Act , and ( if it had been so permitted ) a last- ing peace to this whole empire . I state , Sir , these particulars , because this act of spirit and fortitude has lately been , in the ...
... court , gave a total repeal to the Stamp Act , and ( if it had been so permitted ) a last- ing peace to this whole empire . I state , Sir , these particulars , because this act of spirit and fortitude has lately been , in the ...
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... court negotiation was carrying on with the heads of the opposition . Everything , upon every side , was full of traps and mines . Earth below shook ; heaven above menaced ; all the elements of ministerial safety were dissolved . It was ...
... court negotiation was carrying on with the heads of the opposition . Everything , upon every side , was full of traps and mines . Earth below shook ; heaven above menaced ; all the elements of ministerial safety were dissolved . It was ...
Page 54
... court leaders have given out to all their corps , in order to take away the credit of those who would prevent you from that frantic war you are going to wage upon your colo- nies . Their cant is this : " All the disturbances in America ...
... court leaders have given out to all their corps , in order to take away the credit of those who would prevent you from that frantic war you are going to wage upon your colo- nies . Their cant is this : " All the disturbances in America ...
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