The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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Page 20
... continued to encamp on the same ground on which the first battle was fought ; " and , as it must ever happen from the policy of " that government , the last troops she sent into the field were always found to be the best , and her ...
... continued to encamp on the same ground on which the first battle was fought ; " and , as it must ever happen from the policy of " that government , the last troops she sent into the field were always found to be the best , and her ...
Page 21
... continued series of disappointments , disgraces , and defeats , followed by publick bankruptcy , on the part of France ; if all these still leave her a gainer on the whole balance , will it not be downright phrenzy in us ever to look ...
... continued series of disappointments , disgraces , and defeats , followed by publick bankruptcy , on the part of France ; if all these still leave her a gainer on the whole balance , will it not be downright phrenzy in us ever to look ...
Page 33
... continued . But first I must observe , I am much less solicitous whether his fact be true or no , than whether his principle is well established . Cases are dead things , principles are living and productive . I then affirm that , if in ...
... continued . But first I must observe , I am much less solicitous whether his fact be true or no , than whether his principle is well established . Cases are dead things , principles are living and productive . I then affirm that , if in ...
Page 35
... continued , the terrour wore off ; the danger came to be better appreciated , and better provided against ; our trade was carried on in large fleets , under regular convoys , and with great safety . The freighting business revived . The ...
... continued , the terrour wore off ; the danger came to be better appreciated , and better provided against ; our trade was carried on in large fleets , under regular convoys , and with great safety . The freighting business revived . The ...
Page 36
... continued . The author will be compelled to allow it , unless he undertakes to show ; first , that the possession of Canada , Martinico , Guadaloupe , Grenada , the Havannah , the Philippines , the whole African tradc , the whole East ...
... continued . The author will be compelled to allow it , unless he undertakes to show ; first , that the possession of Canada , Martinico , Guadaloupe , Grenada , the Havannah , the Philippines , the whole African tradc , the whole East ...
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