The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... objects for which he had laboured . It was not possible always to conform to their wishes , but he had ever maintained their interests for , as he says , ' I am to look to your opinions , but to such opinions as you and I must have five ...
... objects for which he had laboured . It was not possible always to conform to their wishes , but he had ever maintained their interests for , as he says , ' I am to look to your opinions , but to such opinions as you and I must have five ...
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... object . ' The speech closes with a sublime tribute to the character of Fox . In spite of the fact that the bill was carried through the Commons , the interests against it proved too strong , and at the instigation of the crown , the ...
... object . ' The speech closes with a sublime tribute to the character of Fox . In spite of the fact that the bill was carried through the Commons , the interests against it proved too strong , and at the instigation of the crown , the ...
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... object which but two of us can obtain . I found that they had all met with encouragement . A contested election in such a city as this is no light thing . I paused on the brink of the precipice . These three gentlemen , by various ...
... object which but two of us can obtain . I found that they had all met with encouragement . A contested election in such a city as this is no light thing . I paused on the brink of the precipice . These three gentlemen , by various ...
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... objects , when you oblige them to be continually looking back . Whilst they are defending one service , they defraud ... object of our inquiry . If our member's conduct can bear this touch , mark it for sterling . He may have fallen into ...
... objects , when you oblige them to be continually looking back . Whilst they are defending one service , they defraud ... object of our inquiry . If our member's conduct can bear this touch , mark it for sterling . He may have fallen into ...
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... object . If some lesser matters have slipped through my fingers , it was because I filled my hands too full ; and , in my eagerness to serve you , took in more than any hands could grasp . Several gentlemen stand round me who are my ...
... object . If some lesser matters have slipped through my fingers , it was because I filled my hands too full ; and , in my eagerness to serve you , took in more than any hands could grasp . Several gentlemen stand round me who are my ...
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