The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page vi
... interest which he took in the welfare of his country . ceased only with his life , many subsequent produc- tions issued from his pen , which were received in a manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa- tion . He wrote also ...
... interest which he took in the welfare of his country . ceased only with his life , many subsequent produc- tions issued from his pen , which were received in a manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa- tion . He wrote also ...
Page ix
... interest the future historian , could remain forever in obscurity , would have been folly ; and to have passed it over in silent neglect , on the one hand , or , on the other , to have then made any considerable . changes in it , might ...
... interest the future historian , could remain forever in obscurity , would have been folly ; and to have passed it over in silent neglect , on the one hand , or , on the other , to have then made any considerable . changes in it , might ...
Page 12
... interests . There is a most absurd and audacious method of reasoning avowed by some bigots and enthusiasts , and through fear assented to by some wiser and better men ; it is this : they argue against a fair discussion of popular ...
... interests . There is a most absurd and audacious method of reasoning avowed by some bigots and enthusiasts , and through fear assented to by some wiser and better men ; it is this : they argue against a fair discussion of popular ...
Page 27
... interest , the ambition , the malice , or the revenge , nay , even the whim and caprice of one ruling man among them , is enough to arm all the rest , without any private views of their own , to the worst and blackest purposes : and ...
... interest , the ambition , the malice , or the revenge , nay , even the whim and caprice of one ruling man among them , is enough to arm all the rest , without any private views of their own , to the worst and blackest purposes : and ...
Page 29
... interest . The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state . It is a reason which I own I cannot penetrate . What sort of a protection is this of the general right , that is maintained by infringing the rights of ...
... interest . The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state . It is a reason which I own I cannot penetrate . What sort of a protection is this of the general right , that is maintained by infringing the rights of ...
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