The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... original nature with all its infirmities . The Act of Navigation at- tended the colonies from their infancy , grew with their growth , and strengthened with their strength . They were confirmed in obedience to it even more by usage than ...
... original nature with all its infirmities . The Act of Navigation at- tended the colonies from their infancy , grew with their growth , and strengthened with their strength . They were confirmed in obedience to it even more by usage than ...
Page 68
... original plan of the duties , and the mode of executing that plan , both arose singly and solely from a love of our applause . He was truly the child of the House . He never thought , did , or said anything , but with a view to you . He ...
... original plan of the duties , and the mode of executing that plan , both arose singly and solely from a love of our applause . He was truly the child of the House . He never thought , did , or said anything , but with a view to you . He ...
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... original idea . If I deprived him of it , I should take away most of his wit , and all his argument . But I had rather bear the brunt of all his wit , and indeed blows much heavier , thàn stand answerable to God for embracing a system ...
... original idea . If I deprived him of it , I should take away most of his wit , and all his argument . But I had rather bear the brunt of all his wit , and indeed blows much heavier , thàn stand answerable to God for embracing a system ...
Page 103
... original sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in error , or to a religious adherence to what appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . - Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of ...
... original sentiments . Whether this be owing to an obstinate perseverance in error , or to a religious adherence to what appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . - Sir , Parliament , having an enlarged view of ...
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... ; the earlier from an original manuscript of Davenant , who first established the Inspector - General's office , * Mr. Glover . which has been ever since his time so abundant a SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 111.
... ; the earlier from an original manuscript of Davenant , who first established the Inspector - General's office , * Mr. Glover . which has been ever since his time so abundant a SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 111.
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