The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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Page xi
... ideas , and noble lan- guage in which to clothe his own poorer conceptions . How often have we heard the appeal to ' men of light and leading ' ; even now there are those who feel that politics and the pulpit are terms that have little ...
... ideas , and noble lan- guage in which to clothe his own poorer conceptions . How often have we heard the appeal to ' men of light and leading ' ; even now there are those who feel that politics and the pulpit are terms that have little ...
Page 9
... idea of their transactions . On my coming to town , I sent for an account of their proceedings , which had been published by their authority , containing a sermon of Dr. Price , with the Duke de Rochefoucault's and the Archbishop of ...
... idea of their transactions . On my coming to town , I sent for an account of their proceedings , which had been published by their authority , containing a sermon of Dr. Price , with the Duke de Rochefoucault's and the Archbishop of ...
Page 15
... idea of election differ from our idea of inheritance ? And how does the settle- ment of the crown , in the Brunswick line , derived from James I , come to legalize our monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring countries ...
... idea of election differ from our idea of inheritance ? And how does the settle- ment of the crown , in the Brunswick line , derived from James I , come to legalize our monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring countries ...
Page 19
... idea of an hereditary succession is brought forward , and fostered , and made the most of , by this great man , and by the legislature who followed him . Quitting the dry , imperative style of an act of parliament , he makes the lords ...
... idea of an hereditary succession is brought forward , and fostered , and made the most of , by this great man , and by the legislature who followed him . Quitting the dry , imperative style of an act of parliament , he makes the lords ...
Page 31
... idea , and a part of the scheme of cashiering kings for misconduct . In that light it is worth some observation . Kings , in one sense , are undoubtedly the servants of the people , because their power has no other rational end than ...
... idea , and a part of the scheme of cashiering kings for misconduct . In that light it is worth some observation . Kings , in one sense , are undoubtedly the servants of the people , because their power has no other rational end than ...
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