The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 240
... influenced by no other views than the sordid lure of salary and pension . The thing I know by experience to be false . Never expecting to find perfection in men , and not looking for divine attributes in created beings , in my commerce ...
... influenced by no other views than the sordid lure of salary and pension . The thing I know by experience to be false . Never expecting to find perfection in men , and not looking for divine attributes in created beings , in my commerce ...
Page 267
... influence which is itself the per- ennial spring of all prodigality and of all disorder , — which loads us more than millions of debt , which takes away vigor from our arms , wisdom from our councils , and every shadow of authority and ...
... influence which is itself the per- ennial spring of all prodigality and of all disorder , — which loads us more than millions of debt , which takes away vigor from our arms , wisdom from our councils , and every shadow of authority and ...
Page 282
... influence than attempt to follow them in all their effects . It was to fulfil the first of these objects ( the pro- posal of something substantial ) that I found myself obliged , at the outset , to reject a plan proposed by an honorable ...
... influence than attempt to follow them in all their effects . It was to fulfil the first of these objects ( the pro- posal of something substantial ) that I found myself obliged , at the outset , to reject a plan proposed by an honorable ...
Page 286
... influence , than advantage to justice or political administration , ought to be abolished . Secondly , That all public estates which are more subservient to the purposes of vexing , overaw- ing , and influencing those who hold under ...
... influence , than advantage to justice or political administration , ought to be abolished . Secondly , That all public estates which are more subservient to the purposes of vexing , overaw- ing , and influencing those who hold under ...
Page 289
... influence . As his Majesty submits to appear in this state of sub- ordination to himself , his loyal peers and faithful commons attend his royal transformations , and are not so nice as to refuse to nibble at those crumbs of emoluments ...
... influence . As his Majesty submits to appear in this state of sub- ordination to himself , his loyal peers and faithful commons attend his royal transformations , and are not so nice as to refuse to nibble at those crumbs of emoluments ...
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