The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 42
... least new modes of cherishing their turbulent disposition . The bottom of the character is the same . It is a great question , whether the joining that crown with the electorate of Saxony will contribute most to strengthen the royal ...
... least new modes of cherishing their turbulent disposition . The bottom of the character is the same . It is a great question , whether the joining that crown with the electorate of Saxony will contribute most to strengthen the royal ...
Page 48
... least one half ; the estates of the king's brothers , which under the ancient government had been in truth royal revenues , go to the general stock of the confiscation ; and as to the crown lands , though , under the monarchy , they ...
... least one half ; the estates of the king's brothers , which under the ancient government had been in truth royal revenues , go to the general stock of the confiscation ; and as to the crown lands , though , under the monarchy , they ...
Page 52
... least fifteen hun- dred bold , acting politicians ; a great number for even so great a country as France . These men never will quietly settle in ordinary occupations , nor submit to any scheme which must reduce them to an entirely ...
... least fifteen hun- dred bold , acting politicians ; a great number for even so great a country as France . These men never will quietly settle in ordinary occupations , nor submit to any scheme which must reduce them to an entirely ...
Page 54
... least resemble any other country . Analogi- cal reasoning from history or from recent expe- rience in other places is wholly delusive . In my opinion there never was seen so strong a government internally as that of the French muni ...
... least resemble any other country . Analogi- cal reasoning from history or from recent expe- rience in other places is wholly delusive . In my opinion there never was seen so strong a government internally as that of the French muni ...
Page 55
... least . freedom of intercourse . But even there , so many servants as any man has , so many spies , and irre- concilable domestick enemies . are fugi- But that place being the chief seat of the power Gentlemen and intelligence of the ...
... least . freedom of intercourse . But even there , so many servants as any man has , so many spies , and irre- concilable domestick enemies . are fugi- But that place being the chief seat of the power Gentlemen and intelligence of the ...
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