The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... , which have been already selected as fit for this purpose , will probably furnish four or five volumes more , to be printed uniformly with this edition . The principal piece is an Essay on the History of England , Xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
... , which have been already selected as fit for this purpose , will probably furnish four or five volumes more , to be printed uniformly with this edition . The principal piece is an Essay on the History of England , Xiv ADVERTISEMENT .
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Edmund Burke. piece is an Essay on the History of England , from the earliest period to the conclusion of the reign of King John . It is written with much depth of antiquarian research , directed by the mind of an intelligent states- man ...
Edmund Burke. piece is an Essay on the History of England , from the earliest period to the conclusion of the reign of King John . It is written with much depth of antiquarian research , directed by the mind of an intelligent states- man ...
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... England and of Europe , I believe no man is so strangely wicked as to desire to see destroyed by a conflagration or an earthquake , though he should be removed himself to the greatest distance from the danger . But suppose such a fatal ...
... England and of Europe , I believe no man is so strangely wicked as to desire to see destroyed by a conflagration or an earthquake , though he should be removed himself to the greatest distance from the danger . But suppose such a fatal ...
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... England . While the Brit- ish seamen were consuming on board our men of war and privateers , foreign ships and foreign seamen were employed in the transportation of our merchandise ; and the carrying trade , so great a source of wealth ...
... England . While the Brit- ish seamen were consuming on board our men of war and privateers , foreign ships and foreign seamen were employed in the transportation of our merchandise ; and the carrying trade , so great a source of wealth ...
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... England we shall never be taught to look upon the annihilation of our trade , the ruin of our credit , the defeat of our armies , and the loss of our ultramarine dominions ( whatever the author may think of them ) , to be the high road ...
... England we shall never be taught to look upon the annihilation of our trade , the ruin of our credit , the defeat of our armies , and the loss of our ultramarine dominions ( whatever the author may think of them ) , to be the high road ...
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