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" I am accused, I am told abroad, of being a man of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor any vulgar antipathy towards them ; I hold their order in cold and decent respect. I hold them to be of... "
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 330
by Edmund Burke - 1813
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 10

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1812 - 586 pages
...of aristocratick principles. If by aristocracy they mean the Peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor any vulgar antipathy, towards them; I hold their order...which indeed comes nearer to the point, they mean an adherence to the rich and powerful against the poor and weak, this would indeed be a very extraordinary...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 4

English literature - 1812 - 540 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor any vulgar antipathy towards them. I hold their order...of an absolute necessity in the .constitution, but 1 think they are only good when kept within their proper bounds. I trust, whenever there has been a...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor any vulgar antipathy, towards them, i hold their order...which indeed comes nearer to the point, they mean an adherence to the v. rich and powerful against the poor and weak, this would indeed be a very extraordinary...
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Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his ...

Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor vulgar antipathy towards them ; I hold their order...are only good when kept within their proper bounds " If by the aristocracy, which indeed comes nearer to the point, they mean an adherence to the rich...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 34

England - 1833 - 1032 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the Peers, I have no vulgar admiration nor vulgar antipathy towards them. I hold their order in cold and decent respect. I hold them to be of absolute necessity in the Constitution. But I think they are good only when kept within proper bounds....
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 34

Scotland - 1833 - 1056 pages
...absolute necessity in the Constitution. But I think they are good only when kept within proper bounds. If by the aristocracy, which indeed comes nearer to the point, they mean an adherence to the rich and powerful against the poor and weak, this would indeed be a very extraordinary...
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“The” Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 618 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If hy aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor any vulgar antipathy towards them ; I hold their order in cold and decent respect. I hold them to he of an ahsolute necessity in the constitution, hut I think they are only good when kept within their...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 620 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor ading an academic lecture) all that may and ought,...just occasion presents itself, to be said in favour adherence to the rich and powerful against the poor and weak, this would indeed be a very extraordinary...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 6

1836 - 600 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor vulgar antipathy towards them ; I hold their order in cold and decent respect. / hold them to be of an absolute necessity in Ihe constitution ; but I •think they are only good...
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Memoir of the Life and Character of Edmund Burke: With Specimens of His ...

Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...of aristocratic principles. If by aristocracy they mean the peers, I have no vulgar admiration, nor vulgar antipathy towards them ; I hold their order...are only good when kept within their proper bounds " If by the aristocracy, which indeed comes nearer to the point, they mean an adherence to the rich...
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