The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... ment , they should dare to stir , they will soon be sup- pressed as rebels and mutineers by their brother rch- els . Scantily fed for a while with the offal of plunder , they will drop off by degrees ; they will be driven out of sight ...
... ment , they should dare to stir , they will soon be sup- pressed as rebels and mutineers by their brother rch- els . Scantily fed for a while with the offal of plunder , they will drop off by degrees ; they will be driven out of sight ...
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... ment , and to strengthen his throne , -a monarch who , at the very outset , without force , even without solicitation , had given to his people such a Magna Charta of privileges as never was given by any king to any subjects ? Is it to ...
... ment , and to strengthen his throne , -a monarch who , at the very outset , without force , even without solicitation , had given to his people such a Magna Charta of privileges as never was given by any king to any subjects ? Is it to ...
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... ment these evil dispositions , and even form them into springs of action . Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public au- thority . So recommended , they soon form the char- acter of the age ...
... ment these evil dispositions , and even form them into springs of action . Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public au- thority . So recommended , they soon form the char- acter of the age ...
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... ment too ; but they seek it , not in the conjunctions and oppositions of planets , but in the conjunctions and oppositions of men and things . These form their almanac . To illustrate the mischief of a wise plan , without any attention ...
... ment too ; but they seek it , not in the conjunctions and oppositions of planets , but in the conjunctions and oppositions of men and things . These form their almanac . To illustrate the mischief of a wise plan , without any attention ...
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... ment ) to our House of Commons . That House is , within itself , a much more subtle and artificial com- bination of parts and powers than people are gener- ally aware of . What knits it to the other members of the Constitution , what ...
... ment ) to our House of Commons . That House is , within itself , a much more subtle and artificial com- bination of parts and powers than people are gener- ally aware of . What knits it to the other members of the Constitution , what ...
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