The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkeG. Bell, 1883 - Great Britain |
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Page 36
... parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal authority , how to set limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for reformation , and reform- ations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted ...
... parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal authority , how to set limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for reformation , and reform- ations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted ...
Page 183
... parliament . They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause ; and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connexion ; no correspondence of ...
... parliament . They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause ; and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connexion ; no correspondence of ...
Page 208
... parliament was pleased to approve the treaty of peace with- out calling for the correspondence concerning it . How just this sarcasm on that parliament may be , I say not ; but how becoming in the author , I leave it to his friends to ...
... parliament was pleased to approve the treaty of peace with- out calling for the correspondence concerning it . How just this sarcasm on that parliament may be , I say not ; but how becoming in the author , I leave it to his friends to ...
Page 210
... parliament voted £ 650,000 towards the discharge of the navy debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of bills carrying interest ; because part of the debt due on seamen's wages must have been paid , and some bills ...
... parliament voted £ 650,000 towards the discharge of the navy debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of bills carrying interest ; because part of the debt due on seamen's wages must have been paid , and some bills ...
Page 211
... parliament : but in the inquiry be- Navy Army Ordnance The four American governments £ 1,450,900 • 1,268,500 174,600 19,200 General surveys in America 1,600 Foundling Hospital 38,000 To the African committee 13,000 For the civil ...
... parliament : but in the inquiry be- Navy Army Ordnance The four American governments £ 1,450,900 • 1,268,500 174,600 19,200 General surveys in America 1,600 Foundling Hospital 38,000 To the African committee 13,000 For the civil ...
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