The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 15
... means despised in France in the manner I had been taught to believe . As to men of letters , they were so far from being despised or neglected , that there was no country perhaps in the universe , in which they were so highly esteemed ...
... means despised in France in the manner I had been taught to believe . As to men of letters , they were so far from being despised or neglected , that there was no country perhaps in the universe , in which they were so highly esteemed ...
Page 17
... means secure from the contagion of the French doctrines and the effect of French intrigues ; or from the use which ... mean to bestow on these German states , liberties and laws too , after their mode ; but those are not what have ...
... means secure from the contagion of the French doctrines and the effect of French intrigues ; or from the use which ... mean to bestow on these German states , liberties and laws too , after their mode ; but those are not what have ...
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... means of supporting that interest . It is al- ways the interest of Great Britain that the power of France should be kept within the bounds of moderation . It is not her interest that that power should be wholly annihilated in the system ...
... means of supporting that interest . It is al- ways the interest of Great Britain that the power of France should be kept within the bounds of moderation . It is not her interest that that power should be wholly annihilated in the system ...
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... means which they encourage , as leading to the event they desire , will with certainty not only ravage and destroy the empire , but if they should for a moment seem to aggrandize the two great houses , will also establish principles ...
... means which they encourage , as leading to the event they desire , will with certainty not only ravage and destroy the empire , but if they should for a moment seem to aggrandize the two great houses , will also establish principles ...
Page 24
... means of large donations . The foreign revenues have long been gradually on the decline , and seem now in a man- ner dried up . To supply this defect the resource of vexa- tious and impolitick jobbing at home , if any thing , is rather ...
... means of large donations . The foreign revenues have long been gradually on the decline , and seem now in a man- ner dried up . To supply this defect the resource of vexa- tious and impolitick jobbing at home , if any thing , is rather ...
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