The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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... concerned only myself , and my own election . These charges , I think , are four in number ; -my neglect of a due attention ... concern ; and it is not lest you should censure me improperly , but lest you should form improper opinions on ...
... concerned only myself , and my own election . These charges , I think , are four in number ; -my neglect of a due attention ... concern ; and it is not lest you should censure me improperly , but lest you should form improper opinions on ...
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... concerns . A visit to Bristol is always a sort of canvass ; else it will do more harm than good . To pass from the toils of a session to the toils of a canvass , is the furthest thing in the world from repose . I could hardly serve you ...
... concerns . A visit to Bristol is always a sort of canvass ; else it will do more harm than good . To pass from the toils of a session to the toils of a canvass , is the furthest thing in the world from repose . I could hardly serve you ...
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... concerned . As to the other matters objected against me , which in their turn I shall mention to you , remember once more I do not mean to extenuate or excuse . Why should I , when the things charged are among those upon which I found ...
... concerned . As to the other matters objected against me , which in their turn I shall mention to you , remember once more I do not mean to extenuate or excuse . Why should I , when the things charged are among those upon which I found ...
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... concern ) to attend . But what will you say to those who blame me for supporting Lord Beauchamp's bill , as a disrespectful treatment of your petition , when you hear , that out of respect for you , I myself was the cause of the loss of ...
... concern ) to attend . But what will you say to those who blame me for supporting Lord Beauchamp's bill , as a disrespectful treatment of your petition , when you hear , that out of respect for you , I myself was the cause of the loss of ...
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... concern in this cruelty . I speak in a commercial assembly . You know that credit is given , because capital must be em- ployed ; that men calculate the chances of insolvency ; and they either withhold the credit , or make the debtor ...
... concern in this cruelty . I speak in a commercial assembly . You know that credit is given , because capital must be em- ployed ; that men calculate the chances of insolvency ; and they either withhold the credit , or make the debtor ...
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