The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 53
... a certain matter of fact not wholly unrelated to the question under your consideration . We , who would persuade you to revert to the ancient policy of this kingdom , labor under the effect of SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 53.
... a certain matter of fact not wholly unrelated to the question under your consideration . We , who would persuade you to revert to the ancient policy of this kingdom , labor under the effect of SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 53.
Page 54
Edmund Burke. policy of this kingdom , labor under the effect of this short current phrase , which the court leaders have given out to all their corps , in order to take away the credit of those who would prevent you from that frantic ...
Edmund Burke. policy of this kingdom , labor under the effect of this short current phrase , which the court leaders have given out to all their corps , in order to take away the credit of those who would prevent you from that frantic ...
Page 73
... kingdoms . Leave the rest to the schools ; for there only they may be discussed with safety . But if , intemperately , unwisely , fatally , you sophisticate and poison the very source of government , by urging subtle deductions , and ...
... kingdoms . Leave the rest to the schools ; for there only they may be discussed with safety . But if , intemperately , unwisely , fatally , you sophisticate and poison the very source of government , by urging subtle deductions , and ...
Page 92
... kingdom to discover them , if I were then , all at once , to turn short , and declare that I had been sporting all this while with the right of election , and that I had been drawing out a poll , upon no sort of rational grounds , which ...
... kingdom to discover them , if I were then , all at once , to turn short , and declare that I had been sporting all this while with the right of election , and that I had been drawing out a poll , upon no sort of rational grounds , which ...
Page 136
... kingdom . But my idea of it is this : that an empire is the ag- gregate of many states under one common head , whether this head be a monarch or a presiding re- public . It does , in such constitutions , frequently happen ( and nothing ...
... kingdom . But my idea of it is this : that an empire is the ag- gregate of many states under one common head , whether this head be a monarch or a presiding re- public . It does , in such constitutions , frequently happen ( and nothing ...
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