The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... interests of the people and to gratify their humours , but cannot for their amusement act the part of a tyrant . Then expressing his gratitude for the opportunity which he had enjoyed of rendering some assistance to great and laudable ...
... interests of the people and to gratify their humours , but cannot for their amusement act the part of a tyrant . Then expressing his gratitude for the opportunity which he had enjoyed of rendering some assistance to great and laudable ...
Page x
... interests against it proved too strong , and at the instigation of the crown , the House of Lords threw out the measure . This gave the King the oppor- tunity he desired of getting rid of a distasteful ministry and he immediately called ...
... interests against it proved too strong , and at the instigation of the crown , the House of Lords threw out the measure . This gave the King the oppor- tunity he desired of getting rid of a distasteful ministry and he immediately called ...
Page xiii
... interest relative to the Acts of Uniformity , Parliamen- tary Reform , Relief of Dissenters , and the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libel . With regard to the Acts of Uniformity , Burke op- posed the petition of certain clergymen ...
... interest relative to the Acts of Uniformity , Parliamen- tary Reform , Relief of Dissenters , and the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libel . With regard to the Acts of Uniformity , Burke op- posed the petition of certain clergymen ...
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... interest too : but it must be with discretion ; with an attention to all the circumstances , and to all the motives ; like sound judges , and not like cavilling pettifoggers and quibbling pleaders , prying into flaws and hunting for ...
... interest too : but it must be with discretion ; with an attention to all the circumstances , and to all the motives ; like sound judges , and not like cavilling pettifoggers and quibbling pleaders , prying into flaws and hunting for ...
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... interest . Depend upon it , that the lovers of freedom will be free . None will violate their conscience to please us , in order after- wards to discharge that conscience , which they have violated , by doing us faithful and ...
... interest . Depend upon it , that the lovers of freedom will be free . None will violate their conscience to please us , in order after- wards to discharge that conscience , which they have violated , by doing us faithful and ...
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