The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... turn your eyes on Judea ; a very in- considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by what means , to become at several ...
... turn your eyes on Judea ; a very in- considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by what means , to become at several ...
Page 47
... turn to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secresy of a criminal . He went to the palace , not like a victorious commander who had merited and night demand the greatest rewards , but , like an offender who had come to ...
... turn to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secresy of a criminal . He went to the palace , not like a victorious commander who had merited and night demand the greatest rewards , but , like an offender who had come to ...
Page 54
... turns proved each other absurd and inconvenient . In vain you tell me that artificial government is good , but that I fall out only with the abuse . The thing ! the thing itself is is the abuse ! Observe , my Lord , I 54 A VINDICATION OF.
... turns proved each other absurd and inconvenient . In vain you tell me that artificial government is good , but that I fall out only with the abuse . The thing ! the thing itself is is the abuse ! Observe , my Lord , I 54 A VINDICATION OF.
Page 58
... turns more upon some party - matter than upon the nature of the thing itself ; whether such a step will diminish or augment the power of the crown , or how far the privileges of the subject are likely to be extended or restricted by it ...
... turns more upon some party - matter than upon the nature of the thing itself ; whether such a step will diminish or augment the power of the crown , or how far the privileges of the subject are likely to be extended or restricted by it ...
Page 74
... turns it into the nature of a very bur- densome and laborious business . It has conse- quences much more fatal . It produces a weak valetudinary state of body , attended by all those horrid disorders , and yet more horrid methods of ...
... turns it into the nature of a very bur- densome and laborious business . It has conse- quences much more fatal . It produces a weak valetudinary state of body , attended by all those horrid disorders , and yet more horrid methods of ...
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