The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... himself to her colonies in the West Indies . But surely it will fare as ill with him there as in North America , whilft we remember that in our first attempt at Martinico we were actually defeated ; that it was three months before we ...
... himself to her colonies in the West Indies . But surely it will fare as ill with him there as in North America , whilft we remember that in our first attempt at Martinico we were actually defeated ; that it was three months before we ...
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... himself all further trouble . The rest is drawn on as an inevitable conclusion . * If the house of Bourbon had the advantage , she must give the law ; and the peace , though it were much worse than it is , had still been a good one ...
... himself all further trouble . The rest is drawn on as an inevitable conclusion . * If the house of Bourbon had the advantage , she must give the law ; and the peace , though it were much worse than it is , had still been a good one ...
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... himself , where he lays , † “ that the most successful enterprise " could not compensate to the nation for the waste “ of its people , by carrying on war in unliealthy “ climates . " A position which he repeats again , * P. 12 , 13 . P ...
... himself , where he lays , † “ that the most successful enterprise " could not compensate to the nation for the waste “ of its people , by carrying on war in unliealthy “ climates . " A position which he repeats again , * P. 12 , 13 . P ...
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Edmund Burke. p . 9. So that , according to himself his fecurity is not worth the suit ; according to fact , he has only a chance , God knows what a chance , of getting at it ; and therefore , according to reason , the giving up the most ...
Edmund Burke. p . 9. So that , according to himself his fecurity is not worth the suit ; according to fact , he has only a chance , God knows what a chance , of getting at it ; and therefore , according to reason , the giving up the most ...
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... himself , if you have a mind to fee a clear detection of a capital fallacy of this article in his account . You will there fee that this un- , funded debt consists of the nine following articles : the remaining subsidy to the duke of ...
... himself , if you have a mind to fee a clear detection of a capital fallacy of this article in his account . You will there fee that this un- , funded debt consists of the nine following articles : the remaining subsidy to the duke of ...
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