The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... themselves , their families , or their dependents . In the prosecution of their measures they were traversed by an opposition of a new and singular character ; an opposition of place - men and pensioners . They were fupported by the ...
... themselves , their families , or their dependents . In the prosecution of their measures they were traversed by an opposition of a new and singular character ; an opposition of place - men and pensioners . They were fupported by the ...
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... themselves in conscience bound to oppose a ministry , dangerous froin its very constitution , as well as its measures , to find themselves , whenever they faced their adversaries , continually attacked on the rear by a set of men , who ...
... themselves in conscience bound to oppose a ministry , dangerous froin its very constitution , as well as its measures , to find themselves , whenever they faced their adversaries , continually attacked on the rear by a set of men , who ...
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... themselves . But it is not the first of virtues to bear with moderation the indignities that are offered to our country . A piece has at length appeared , from the quarter of all the former attacks , which upon every publick ...
... themselves . But it is not the first of virtues to bear with moderation the indignities that are offered to our country . A piece has at length appeared , from the quarter of all the former attacks , which upon every publick ...
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... themselves to be daz“ zled by the glare of brilliant appearances ; but , knowing them to be fallacious , they wisely re" folved to profit of thicir fplendour before our C " eneinies VOL . I. taxes “ enemies should also discover the ...
... themselves to be daz“ zled by the glare of brilliant appearances ; but , knowing them to be fallacious , they wisely re" folved to profit of thicir fplendour before our C " eneinies VOL . I. taxes “ enemies should also discover the ...
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... themselves “ into the hands of the English . ” He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had put themselves into our hands . " Now , in justice not only to fact and common sense , but to ...
... themselves “ into the hands of the English . ” He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had put themselves into our hands . " Now , in justice not only to fact and common sense , but to ...
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