The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
Edmund Burke. omitted . Some few explanations only , which they contained , seem here to be necessary . The " Observations on the Conduct of the Minority in the Session of 1793 , ” had been written and sent by Mr. Burke as a paper ...
Edmund Burke. omitted . Some few explanations only , which they contained , seem here to be necessary . The " Observations on the Conduct of the Minority in the Session of 1793 , ” had been written and sent by Mr. Burke as a paper ...
Page xiii
... seems to have finished only two or three detached fragments of the first letter . These being too imperfect to be printed alone , his friends inserted them in the Memorial , where they seemed best to cohere . The Memorial had been ...
... seems to have finished only two or three detached fragments of the first letter . These being too imperfect to be printed alone , his friends inserted them in the Memorial , where they seemed best to cohere . The Memorial had been ...
Page xxv
... seems to have been originally designed by Mr. Burke , which , however , he afterwards abridged and altered , while the speech and the notes upon it remained as they were . The text and the documents that support it have throughout been ...
... seems to have been originally designed by Mr. Burke , which , however , he afterwards abridged and altered , while the speech and the notes upon it remained as they were . The text and the documents that support it have throughout been ...
Page 17
... seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear , there were conquerors , and con- quests in those days ; and , consequently , all ...
... seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear , there were conquerors , and con- quests in those days ; and , consequently , all ...
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... seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns , poured into Gaul ... seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and and what will continue to be done while the ...
... seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns , poured into Gaul ... seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and and what will continue to be done while the ...
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