The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page ix
... political and commercial , and with a gross abuse of power , whereby the blood of millions of men had been sold for the consideration of money . In graphic language he describes the condition of India , wherein every legal , regular ...
... political and commercial , and with a gross abuse of power , whereby the blood of millions of men had been sold for the consideration of money . In graphic language he describes the condition of India , wherein every legal , regular ...
Page xi
... political importance of Great Britain which will not easily be healed . ' Commenting on the speech , Fox said , ' it would make the fame of some men , but in the number and excellence of Mr. Burke's productions was , perhaps , scarcely ...
... political importance of Great Britain which will not easily be healed . ' Commenting on the speech , Fox said , ' it would make the fame of some men , but in the number and excellence of Mr. Burke's productions was , perhaps , scarcely ...
Page xiii
... political faction harbouring designs against Church and State . He viewed with suspicion any shortening of the duration of Parliament , considering it would be followed by disastrous results . The members would become more shamelessly ...
... political faction harbouring designs against Church and State . He viewed with suspicion any shortening of the duration of Parliament , considering it would be followed by disastrous results . The members would become more shamelessly ...
Page xiv
... politicians ; the theme of the eloquent ; the meditation of the philoso- pher in every part of the world . As to Englishmen , it was their pride , their consolation . By it they lived , for it they were ready to die . Its defects , it ...
... politicians ; the theme of the eloquent ; the meditation of the philoso- pher in every part of the world . As to Englishmen , it was their pride , their consolation . By it they lived , for it they were ready to die . Its defects , it ...
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... politics and our morals . All men who wished for peace , or retained any sentiments of moderation , were over- borne or silenced ; and this city was led by every artifice ( and probably with the more management , because I was one of ...
... politics and our morals . All men who wished for peace , or retained any sentiments of moderation , were over- borne or silenced ; and this city was led by every artifice ( and probably with the more management , because I was one of ...
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