The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... sure our heads must turn and our stomachs nauseate with them . We have had them in every shape ; we have looked at them in every point of view . Invention is exhausted ; reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy ...
... sure our heads must turn and our stomachs nauseate with them . We have had them in every shape ; we have looked at them in every point of view . Invention is exhausted ; reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy ...
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... sure our most gracious sovereign , under whatever changes may happen in his confi- dential servants , will remain immutable in the ways of truth and jus- tice , and that he is incapable of deceiving his faithful subjects ; and we esteem ...
... sure our most gracious sovereign , under whatever changes may happen in his confi- dential servants , will remain immutable in the ways of truth and jus- tice , and that he is incapable of deceiving his faithful subjects ; and we esteem ...
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... of conduct in the government of America . I remember that the noble lord on the floor , not in a former debate to be sure , ( it would be disorderly to refer to it , I suppose I read it 26 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... of conduct in the government of America . I remember that the noble lord on the floor , not in a former debate to be sure , ( it would be disorderly to refer to it , I suppose I read it 26 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... sure the natural effect of fidel- ity , clemency , kindness in governors is peace , good- will , order , and esteem , on the part of the governed . I would certainly , at least , give these fair principles a fair trial ; which , since ...
... sure the natural effect of fidel- ity , clemency , kindness in governors is peace , good- will , order , and esteem , on the part of the governed . I would certainly , at least , give these fair principles a fair trial ; which , since ...
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... sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to them ; and in particular , I well remember that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant ha- rangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before ...
... sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to them ; and in particular , I well remember that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant ha- rangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before ...
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