The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 65
... appear to digress in saying some- thing of their characters . In this eventful history of the revolutions of America , the characters of such men are of much importance . Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state . The ...
... appear to digress in saying some- thing of their characters . In this eventful history of the revolutions of America , the characters of such men are of much importance . Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state . The ...
Page 72
... appear in the character of mad- men as well as assassins , violent , vindictive , bloody , and tyrannical , without an object . But may better counsels guide you ! Again , and again , revert to your old principles , - seek peace and ...
... appear in the character of mad- men as well as assassins , violent , vindictive , bloody , and tyrannical , without an object . But may better counsels guide you ! Again , and again , revert to your old principles , - seek peace and ...
Page 87
... I now appear be- fore you to make trial , whether my earnest endeavors have been so wholly oppressed by the weakness of my abilities as to be rendered insignificant in the eyes of SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAI AT BRIS TOL . 87.
... I now appear be- fore you to make trial , whether my earnest endeavors have been so wholly oppressed by the weakness of my abilities as to be rendered insignificant in the eyes of SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAI AT BRIS TOL . 87.
Page 92
... appear awkward under such circumstances . - It would be still more awkward in me , if I were gravely to look the sheriffs in the face , and to tell them they were not to determine my cause on my own principles , nor to make the return ...
... appear awkward under such circumstances . - It would be still more awkward in me , if I were gravely to look the sheriffs in the face , and to tell them they were not to determine my cause on my own principles , nor to make the return ...
Page 103
... appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . - Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of objects , made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their sentiments and their conduct than could be justified ...
... appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . - Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of objects , made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their sentiments and their conduct than could be justified ...
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