The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... never wholly ceased to operate . Few wars were made , and few treaties were entered into , in which they did not come in for some part . They gave a colour , a character , and direc- tion to all the politicks of Europe . These ...
... never wholly ceased to operate . Few wars were made , and few treaties were entered into , in which they did not come in for some part . They gave a colour , a character , and direc- tion to all the politicks of Europe . These ...
Page 31
... never yield- ed two hundred and fifty thousand a year , by many they are thought at least worth three times as much . As to the ecclesiastical charge , whether as a compensation for losses , or a provision for religion , of which they ...
... never yield- ed two hundred and fifty thousand a year , by many they are thought at least worth three times as much . As to the ecclesiastical charge , whether as a compensation for losses , or a provision for religion , of which they ...
Page 34
... never will quietly settle in ordinary occupations , nor submit to any scheme which must reduce them to an entirely private condition , or to the exercise of a steady , peaceful , but obscure and unimportant industry . Whilst they sit in ...
... never will quietly settle in ordinary occupations , nor submit to any scheme which must reduce them to an entirely private condition , or to the exercise of a steady , peaceful , but obscure and unimportant industry . Whilst they sit in ...
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... never has been hitherto a period in which this kingdom would have suffered a French fleet to domineer in the Mediterranean , and to force ITALY to submit to such terms as France would think fit to impose -- to say nothing of what has ...
... never has been hitherto a period in which this kingdom would have suffered a French fleet to domineer in the Mediterranean , and to force ITALY to submit to such terms as France would think fit to impose -- to say nothing of what has ...
Page 65
... emigrant nobility and gentry who served with the king of Prussia's army , under his im- mediate command , should be excluded from the cartel , and given up to be hanged as rebels . Never was ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS . 65.
... emigrant nobility and gentry who served with the king of Prussia's army , under his im- mediate command , should be excluded from the cartel , and given up to be hanged as rebels . Never was ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS . 65.
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