The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a Series of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches; with a Summary of His Life |
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... beauty , wit , or talent , led thither by the fascinating society of the owner and his family . In private company Burke was a delight- ful associate : he had extraordinary powers of con- versation on all matters , grave or gay ...
... beauty , wit , or talent , led thither by the fascinating society of the owner and his family . In private company Burke was a delight- ful associate : he had extraordinary powers of con- versation on all matters , grave or gay ...
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... for repealing the tea - duty . It equals in beauty any piece of oratory Mr. Burke ever composed ; and in nerve and force , in all the essentials of powerful eloquence , surpasses most of them . This is xxvi SUMMARY OF THE.
... for repealing the tea - duty . It equals in beauty any piece of oratory Mr. Burke ever composed ; and in nerve and force , in all the essentials of powerful eloquence , surpasses most of them . This is xxvi SUMMARY OF THE.
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... beauty in the dust . It appears that exactly when the fatal symptoms of his son's last illness disclosed themselves , Mr. Burke had relinquished to him his seat for Malton , and had even procured for him the appointment of secretary to ...
... beauty in the dust . It appears that exactly when the fatal symptoms of his son's last illness disclosed themselves , Mr. Burke had relinquished to him his seat for Malton , and had even procured for him the appointment of secretary to ...
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... beauty of order , or the love of virtue , and which can fear no death except what barbarity may impose on the globe . " Of Mr. Burke's immediate family , none survived himself , but his widow , and his niece , Mrs. Haviland and her son ...
... beauty of order , or the love of virtue , and which can fear no death except what barbarity may impose on the globe . " Of Mr. Burke's immediate family , none survived himself , but his widow , and his niece , Mrs. Haviland and her son ...
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... beauty and modest elegance are the ornaments of the country , and who are the leaders and patterns of the ingenuous youth of their sex , were put to a cruel and ignominious death , with hundreds of others , mothers and daugh- ters ...
... beauty and modest elegance are the ornaments of the country , and who are the leaders and patterns of the ingenuous youth of their sex , were put to a cruel and ignominious death , with hundreds of others , mothers and daugh- ters ...
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Page 149 - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy...
Page 17 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 48 - But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment; which he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 355 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 47 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 411 - We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
Page 410 - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Page 11 - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Page 351 - When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Page 80 - Sir, I think you must perceive that I am resolved this day to have nothing at all to do with the question of the right of taxation. Some gentlemen startle, but it is true. I put it totally out of the question. It is less than nothing in my consideration.