The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 259
... original war , which has brought other wars and other ene- mies on Ireland , was not very flattering to her dig nity , her interest , or to the very principle of her lib- erty . Yet she submitted patiently to the evils she suffered from ...
... original war , which has brought other wars and other ene- mies on Ireland , was not very flattering to her dig nity , her interest , or to the very principle of her lib- erty . Yet she submitted patiently to the evils she suffered from ...
Page 270
... scarcely a trace of the original scheme remains . Thus , between the resist- ance of power , and the unsystematical process of pop- ularity , the undertaker and the undertaking are both exposed 270 SPEECH ON THE PLAN.
... scarcely a trace of the original scheme remains . Thus , between the resist- ance of power , and the unsystematical process of pop- ularity , the undertaker and the undertaking are both exposed 270 SPEECH ON THE PLAN.
Page 296
Edmund Burke. of Lancaster answered , I admit , some purpose in their original creation . They tended to make a subject imitate a prince . When Henry the Fourth from that stair ascended the throne , high - minded as he was , he was not ...
Edmund Burke. of Lancaster answered , I admit , some purpose in their original creation . They tended to make a subject imitate a prince . When Henry the Fourth from that stair ascended the throne , high - minded as he was , he was not ...
Page 298
... original thought was , to suppress five of the eight judges ; and to leave the chief - justice of Chester , with the two senior judges ; and , to facilitate the business , to throw the twelve counties into six districts , holding the ...
... original thought was , to suppress five of the eight judges ; and to leave the chief - justice of Chester , with the two senior judges ; and , to facilitate the business , to throw the twelve counties into six districts , holding the ...
Page 314
... original sin , that pervades and perverts all our establishments : the apparatus is not fitted to the object , nor the work- men to the work . Expenses are incurred on the pri- vate opinion of an inferior establishment , without ...
... original sin , that pervades and perverts all our establishments : the apparatus is not fitted to the object , nor the work- men to the work . Expenses are incurred on the pri- vate opinion of an inferior establishment , without ...
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