The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... interesting ; the matters of informa tion various and important ; and the publication at this time , the editor hopes , will not be thought un- seasonable . SPEECH . DURING the last session of the last Parliament 4 PREFACE .
... interesting ; the matters of informa tion various and important ; and the publication at this time , the editor hopes , will not be thought un- seasonable . SPEECH . DURING the last session of the last Parliament 4 PREFACE .
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... thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his . Though I find my- self mistaken , he will still permit me to use the privilege of an old friendship ; he will permit me to apply myself to the House under the sanction . of his ...
... thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his . Though I find my- self mistaken , he will still permit me to use the privilege of an old friendship ; he will permit me to apply myself to the House under the sanction . of his ...
Page 10
... thought it ex- pedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : * " Condem- ning ...
... thought it ex- pedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : * " Condem- ning ...
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... thought 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 ...
... thought 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 ...
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... thought 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 ...
... thought 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 ...
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