The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 276
... Bute ; and the only good managers of revenue we have seen are Lord Despenser and Mr. George Grenville ; and , under the description of men of virtue and ability , he holds them out to us as the only persons fit to put our affairs in ...
... Bute ; and the only good managers of revenue we have seen are Lord Despenser and Mr. George Grenville ; and , under the description of men of virtue and ability , he holds them out to us as the only persons fit to put our affairs in ...
Page 360
... Lord Bute and Lord Despenser . But to the latter , this is , I suppose , but a civility to old acquaintance : to the former , a little stroke of politics . We may therefore fairly say , that our only hope is his life ; and he 360 ...
... Lord Bute and Lord Despenser . But to the latter , this is , I suppose , but a civility to old acquaintance : to the former , a little stroke of politics . We may therefore fairly say , that our only hope is his life ; and he 360 ...
Page 381
... Bute , in 1763 , our affairs had been delivered into the hands of three ministers of his recommendation : Mr. Grenville , the Earl of Egremont , and the Earl of Halifax . This arrangement , notwithstanding the retirement of Lord Bute ...
... Bute , in 1763 , our affairs had been delivered into the hands of three ministers of his recommendation : Mr. Grenville , the Earl of Egremont , and the Earl of Halifax . This arrangement , notwithstanding the retirement of Lord Bute ...
Page 468
... Bute exists no longer . It is not , therefore , to rail at Lord Bute , but firmly to embody against this court party and its practices , which can afford us any prospect of relief in our present condi- tion . Another motive induces me ...
... Bute exists no longer . It is not , therefore , to rail at Lord Bute , but firmly to embody against this court party and its practices , which can afford us any prospect of relief in our present condi- tion . Another motive induces me ...
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