The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... proper , the only proper subject of inquiry , is " not how we got into this diffi- culty , but how we are to get out of it . " In other words , we are , according to him , to consult our inven- tion , and to reject our experience . The ...
... proper , the only proper subject of inquiry , is " not how we got into this diffi- culty , but how we are to get out of it . " In other words , we are , according to him , to consult our inven- tion , and to reject our experience . The ...
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... proper plan , which , by some unfortunate and unaccountable error , he had left unfinished . I hope , Sir , the honorable gentleman who spoke last is thoroughly satisfied , and satisfied out of the proceedings of ministry on their own ...
... proper plan , which , by some unfortunate and unaccountable error , he had left unfinished . I hope , Sir , the honorable gentleman who spoke last is thoroughly satisfied , and satisfied out of the proceedings of ministry on their own ...
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... proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation . The monopoly of the most lucrative trades and the possession of imperial revenues had brought you to the verge of beggary and ...
... proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation . The monopoly of the most lucrative trades and the possession of imperial revenues had brought you to the verge of beggary and ...
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... proper , on that representation , to make a famous address for a revival and for a new application of a statute of Henry the Eighth . We besought the king , in that well - considered address , to inquire into treasons , and to bring the ...
... proper , on that representation , to make a famous address for a revival and for a new application of a statute of Henry the Eighth . We besought the king , in that well - considered address , to inquire into treasons , and to bring the ...
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... proper channels to the brim . It overflowed with a rich redundance , and breaking its banks on the right and on the left , it spread out upon some places where it was indeed improper , upon others where it was only irregular . It is the ...
... proper channels to the brim . It overflowed with a rich redundance , and breaking its banks on the right and on the left , it spread out upon some places where it was indeed improper , upon others where it was only irregular . It is the ...
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