The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 50
... influence at which the eyes of eagles have blenched . He looked in the face one of the ablest , and , let me say , not the most scrupulous oppositions , that perhaps ever was in this House ; and withstood it , unaided by even one of the ...
... influence at which the eyes of eagles have blenched . He looked in the face one of the ablest , and , let me say , not the most scrupulous oppositions , that perhaps ever was in this House ; and withstood it , unaided by even one of the ...
Page 63
... influence , they were whirled about , the sport of every gust , and easily driven into any port ; and as those who joined with them in man- ning the vessel were the most directly opposite to his opinions , measures , and character , and ...
... influence , they were whirled about , the sport of every gust , and easily driven into any port ; and as those who joined with them in man- ning the vessel were the most directly opposite to his opinions , measures , and character , and ...
Page 105
... influence , natural or adventitious , I was very sure , that , if my proposition were futile or dangerous , if it were weakly conceived or improperly timed , there was nothing exterior to it of power to awe , dazzle , or delude you ...
... influence , natural or adventitious , I was very sure , that , if my proposition were futile or dangerous , if it were weakly conceived or improperly timed , there was nothing exterior to it of power to awe , dazzle , or delude you ...
Page 176
... influence nothing will be conceded , and who must win every inch of their ground by argument . You have heard me with goodness . May you decide with wisdom ! For my part , I feel my mind greatly disburdened by what I have done to - day ...
... influence nothing will be conceded , and who must win every inch of their ground by argument . You have heard me with goodness . May you decide with wisdom ! For my part , I feel my mind greatly disburdened by what I have done to - day ...
Page 216
... influence , and from the foresight of future events can persuade men who have received obligations sometimes to return them . Thus , by the mediation of those healing principles , ( call them good or evil , ) troublesome discussions are ...
... influence , and from the foresight of future events can persuade men who have received obligations sometimes to return them . Thus , by the mediation of those healing principles , ( call them good or evil , ) troublesome discussions are ...
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