The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... Whig Club , which were directly pointed against myself and others , and occasioned our secession from that club ; which is the last act of my life that I shall under any circumstances repent . Many tempera- ments and explanations there ...
... Whig Club , which were directly pointed against myself and others , and occasioned our secession from that club ; which is the last act of my life that I shall under any circumstances repent . Many tempera- ments and explanations there ...
Page 448
... Whigs or Tories , men of talents to concili- ate the people , and to engage their confidence ; now the method was to be altered : and the lead was to be given to men of no sort of consideration or credit in the country . This want of ...
... Whigs or Tories , men of talents to concili- ate the people , and to engage their confidence ; now the method was to be altered : and the lead was to be given to men of no sort of consideration or credit in the country . This want of ...
Page 452
... Whig connections , than to destroy Mr. Pitt . The power of that gentleman was vast indeed and merited ; but it was in a great degree personal , and therefore transient . Theirs was rooted in the coun- try . For , with a good deal less ...
... Whig connections , than to destroy Mr. Pitt . The power of that gentleman was vast indeed and merited ; but it was in a great degree personal , and therefore transient . Theirs was rooted in the coun- try . For , with a good deal less ...
Page 467
... Whigs , to reanimate the cause of liberty by ministerial countenance ; and then for the first time were men seen attached in office to every principle they had maintained in opposition . No one will doubt , that such men were abhorred ...
... Whigs , to reanimate the cause of liberty by ministerial countenance ; and then for the first time were men seen attached in office to every principle they had maintained in opposition . No one will doubt , that such men were abhorred ...
Page 529
... Whigs in the reign of Queen Anne . They were complimented upon the principle of this connection by a poet who was in high esteem with them . Addison , who knew their senti- ments , could not praise them for what they considered as no ...
... Whigs in the reign of Queen Anne . They were complimented upon the principle of this connection by a poet who was in high esteem with them . Addison , who knew their senti- ments , could not praise them for what they considered as no ...
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