The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 48
... less , be- come a question of power between them . If even , when embodied into congregations , they limited their principle to their own congregations , and were sat- isfied themselves to abstain from what they thought unlawful , it ...
... less , be- come a question of power between them . If even , when embodied into congregations , they limited their principle to their own congregations , and were sat- isfied themselves to abstain from what they thought unlawful , it ...
Page 78
... less influenced by independence of fortune ; and if every three years the exhausting sluices of entertain- ments , drinkings , open houses , to say nothing of bribery , are to be periodically drawn up and re newed , if government favors ...
... less influenced by independence of fortune ; and if every three years the exhausting sluices of entertain- ments , drinkings , open houses , to say nothing of bribery , are to be periodically drawn up and re newed , if government favors ...
Page 79
... less . " And , indeed , the thing spoke itself . Where a living was to be got for one , a commission in the army for another , a lift in the navy for a third , and custom - house offices scattered about without measure or number , who ...
... less . " And , indeed , the thing spoke itself . Where a living was to be got for one , a commission in the army for another , a lift in the navy for a third , and custom - house offices scattered about without measure or number , who ...
Page 81
... less , because elections are every three , instead of every seven years ? Will they change their wine for ale , because they are to get more ale three years hence ? Don't think it . Will they make fewer demands for the advantages of ...
... less , because elections are every three , instead of every seven years ? Will they change their wine for ale , because they are to get more ale three years hence ? Don't think it . Will they make fewer demands for the advantages of ...
Page 85
... less so in septennial elections . Let us try them first , see how the House relishes them , - see how they will operate in the nation , -- and then , having felt your way , and prepared against these inconveniences . . . - - The ...
... less so in septennial elections . Let us try them first , see how the House relishes them , - see how they will operate in the nation , -- and then , having felt your way , and prepared against these inconveniences . . . - - The ...
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