The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page xii
... Parliament amply furnished him with evidence for this purpose . Accordingly he read and considered them with attention : but for anything beyond this the season was now past . The Supreme Disposer of All , against whose inscrutable ...
... Parliament amply furnished him with evidence for this purpose . Accordingly he read and considered them with attention : but for anything beyond this the season was now past . The Supreme Disposer of All , against whose inscrutable ...
Page xiv
... Parliament when his Ma- jesty for the first time declared that the appearance of any disposition in the enemy to negotiate for gen- eral peace should not fail to be met with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect ...
... Parliament when his Ma- jesty for the first time declared that the appearance of any disposition in the enemy to negotiate for gen- eral peace should not fail to be met with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect ...
Page 50
... Parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal authority , how to set limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for reformation , and reformations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted liberty ...
... Parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal authority , how to set limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for reformation , and reformations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted liberty ...
Page 267
... Parliament . They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause ; and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connec- tion ; no correspondence ...
... Parliament . They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause ; and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connec- tion ; no correspondence ...
Page 303
... Parliament must be , and in consequence of the rules prescribed by that act , twelve months ' wages generally , and often much more are retained ; and there has been besides at all times a large arrear of pay , which , though kept in ...
... Parliament must be , and in consequence of the rules prescribed by that act , twelve months ' wages generally , and often much more are retained ; and there has been besides at all times a large arrear of pay , which , though kept in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administration America appear body cause of beauty cerning civil list colonies colors consequences consideration considered constitution court crown danger darkness debt degree disposition Duke of Choiseul duties EDMUND BURKE effect England equal evil export faction family compact favor feeling France friends greater Guadaloupe honor House of Commons idea imagination interest Jamaica kind least less light Lord Lord Bute mankind manner means measures members of Parliament ment mind ministers ministry nation nature never object observed operation opinion pain Parliament party passions peace establishment persons pleasure political popular present principle produce proportion purpose qualities reader reason revenue royal fam SECTION sense sion slavery smooth society sophism sort species spirit Stamp Act sublime suppose taste taxes terror things tion trade unoperative virtue Whig whilst whole words