The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... never be sufficiently commended . They supported me upon the most liberal principles . They wished that the members for Bristol should be chosen for the city , and for their country at large , and not for themselves . So far they are ...
... never be sufficiently commended . They supported me upon the most liberal principles . They wished that the members for Bristol should be chosen for the city , and for their country at large , and not for themselves . So far they are ...
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... never promised you any thing but humble and persevering endeavours to do my duty . The weight of that duty , I confess , makes me tremble ; and whoever well considers what it is , of all things in the world , will fly from what has the ...
... never promised you any thing but humble and persevering endeavours to do my duty . The weight of that duty , I confess , makes me tremble ; and whoever well considers what it is , of all things in the world , will fly from what has the ...
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... ( never too indulgent to a long and unsuccess- ful opposition ) would now scrutinize our conduct with unusual severity . That the very vicissitudes and shiftings of ministerial measures , instead of convicting their authors of inconstancy ...
... ( never too indulgent to a long and unsuccess- ful opposition ) would now scrutinize our conduct with unusual severity . That the very vicissitudes and shiftings of ministerial measures , instead of convicting their authors of inconstancy ...
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... never be begged as alms by an impoverished and defeated violence . A further objection to force is , that you impair the object by your very endeavours to preserve it . The thing you fought for is not the thing which you you recover ...
... never be begged as alms by an impoverished and defeated violence . A further objection to force is , that you impair the object by your very endeavours to preserve it . The thing you fought for is not the thing which you you recover ...
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... people in their ordinary government never fails to inspire them with lofty sentiments , and with a strong aversion from E 2 whatever whatever tends to deprive them of their chief im- portance CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 51.
... people in their ordinary government never fails to inspire them with lofty sentiments , and with a strong aversion from E 2 whatever whatever tends to deprive them of their chief im- portance CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 51.
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