The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 365
... House of Commons , the offer , as it was natural , of 400,000l . was very well relished . But nothing could be more disgustful than the 80,000 % . which the Company had divided amongst themselves . A violent tempest of public ...
... House of Commons , the offer , as it was natural , of 400,000l . was very well relished . But nothing could be more disgustful than the 80,000 % . which the Company had divided amongst themselves . A violent tempest of public ...
Page 375
... House of Commons . Possibly we might be interrupted in the enjoyment of this pleasing spectacle , if a war should break out , and our constitutional fleet , loaded with members of Parliament , returning - officers , peti tions , and ...
... House of Commons . Possibly we might be interrupted in the enjoyment of this pleasing spectacle , if a war should break out , and our constitutional fleet , loaded with members of Parliament , returning - officers , peti tions , and ...
Page 376
... House of Commons ; nor will any minister be wild enough even to propose such a representation in Parliament ; however he may choose to throw out that project , together with others equally far from his real opinions , and remote from ...
... House of Commons ; nor will any minister be wild enough even to propose such a representation in Parliament ; however he may choose to throw out that project , together with others equally far from his real opinions , and remote from ...
Page 387
... House of Commons , and the inconsiderate and abrupt rejection of it in the House of Lords ; the strange and violent tumults which arose in consequence , and which were ren- dered more serious by being charged by the minis ters upon one ...
... House of Commons , and the inconsiderate and abrupt rejection of it in the House of Lords ; the strange and violent tumults which arose in consequence , and which were ren- dered more serious by being charged by the minis ters upon one ...
Page 444
... House of Commons have an in- terest equally strong in sustaining the part of that intermediate cause . However they ... House of Com- mons . When they knew who were to use that au- thority , and how it was to be employed , they thought ...
... House of Commons have an in- terest equally strong in sustaining the part of that intermediate cause . However they ... House of Com- mons . When they knew who were to use that au- thority , and how it was to be employed , they thought ...
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