The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 165
... seemed to have no resources left . On the slight- est loss they betook themselves to treaty and sub- mission ; upon the least appearance in their favor * Some think this port to be Witsand , others Boulogne . they were as ready to ...
... seemed to have no resources left . On the slight- est loss they betook themselves to treaty and sub- mission ; upon the least appearance in their favor * Some think this port to be Witsand , others Boulogne . they were as ready to ...
Page 167
... seemed resolved to dispute the landing of the Romans with their former intrepidity . But when they beheld the sea covered , as far as the eye could reach , with the multitude of the enemy's ships , ( for they were eight hundred sail ...
... seemed resolved to dispute the landing of the Romans with their former intrepidity . But when they beheld the sea covered , as far as the eye could reach , with the multitude of the enemy's ships , ( for they were eight hundred sail ...
Page 190
... seemed too great for the measure of a subject , he neither un- dertook any enterprise of moment in his own person nor cared to commit the conduct of it to another . There was little in a British triumph that could af fect a temper like ...
... seemed too great for the measure of a subject , he neither un- dertook any enterprise of moment in his own person nor cared to commit the conduct of it to another . There was little in a British triumph that could af fect a temper like ...
Page 206
... seemed to partake a degree less of independence . They were adopted citizens of Rome ; but whatever was detracted from their an- cient liberty was compensated by a more or less com- plete possession of the privileges which constituted a ...
... seemed to partake a degree less of independence . They were adopted citizens of Rome ; but whatever was detracted from their an- cient liberty was compensated by a more or less com- plete possession of the privileges which constituted a ...
Page 210
... seemed a kind of magistrate : they took cognizance of all their words and actions , and hourly reminded them of that jealous and stern au- thority , so vigilant to discover and so severe to pun- ish the slightest deviations from ...
... seemed a kind of magistrate : they took cognizance of all their words and actions , and hourly reminded them of that jealous and stern au- thority , so vigilant to discover and so severe to pun- ish the slightest deviations from ...
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