The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page ix
... judgment of that conduct . His political knowledge , and his ability for the administration of publick affairs , are known to those , who have either sat in council , or have held corres- pondence with him upon political subjects . His ...
... judgment of that conduct . His political knowledge , and his ability for the administration of publick affairs , are known to those , who have either sat in council , or have held corres- pondence with him upon political subjects . His ...
Page xi
... judgment upon his publick conduct , to those , who are most intimately acquainted with his private life , I may with equal confidence appeal , and ask , By what private virtue is it not eminently distinguished ? Is this adulation ? His ...
... judgment upon his publick conduct , to those , who are most intimately acquainted with his private life , I may with equal confidence appeal , and ask , By what private virtue is it not eminently distinguished ? Is this adulation ? His ...
Page 13
... judgment . My lords , I must look upon it as an auspicious circum- stance to this cause , in which the honour of the kingdom VOL . VII . 2 and the fate of many nations are involved , that Speeches of Mr Burke on the Impeachment of ...
... judgment . My lords , I must look upon it as an auspicious circum- stance to this cause , in which the honour of the kingdom VOL . VII . 2 and the fate of many nations are involved , that Speeches of Mr Burke on the Impeachment of ...
Page 15
... judgment , that you shall give upon the past transactions in India , inseparably connected as they are with the principles , which support them , the whole character of your future government in that distant empire is to be unalterably ...
... judgment , that you shall give upon the past transactions in India , inseparably connected as they are with the principles , which support them , the whole character of your future government in that distant empire is to be unalterably ...
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... judgment , if with them rested the final judgment , of this great cause . With very few intermissions , the affairs of India have constantly engaged the attention of the Commons for more than fourteen years . We may safely affirm , we ...
... judgment , if with them rested the final judgment , of this great cause . With very few intermissions , the affairs of India have constantly engaged the attention of the Commons for more than fourteen years . We may safely affirm , we ...
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