The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 108
... proposal ought to originate from us . Great and acknowledged force is not impaired , either in effect or in opinion , by an unwillingness to exert itself . The superior power may offer peace with honor and with safety . Such an offer ...
... proposal ought to originate from us . Great and acknowledged force is not impaired , either in effect or in opinion , by an unwillingness to exert itself . The superior power may offer peace with honor and with safety . Such an offer ...
Page 111
... propose to take the matter at periods of time somewhat different from his . There is , if I mistake not , a point of view from whence , if you will look at this subject , it is impossible that it should not make an impression upon you ...
... propose to take the matter at periods of time somewhat different from his . There is , if I mistake not , a point of view from whence , if you will look at this subject , it is impossible that it should not make an impression upon you ...
Page 133
... proposes to beggar its subjects into submission . But remember , when you have completed your system of impoverishment , that Na- ture still proceeds in her ordinary course ; that dis- content will increase with misery ; and that there ...
... proposes to beggar its subjects into submission . But remember , when you have completed your system of impoverishment , that Na- ture still proceeds in her ordinary course ; that dis- content will increase with misery ; and that there ...
Page 142
... proposal in itself would be received with dislike . I think , Sir , we have few American financiers . But our misfortune is , we are too acute , we are too exquisite in our conjectures of the future , for men oppressed with such great ...
... proposal in itself would be received with dislike . I think , Sir , we have few American financiers . But our misfortune is , we are too acute , we are too exquisite in our conjectures of the future , for men oppressed with such great ...
Page 153
... proposing to you a scheme for a repre- sentation of the colonies in Parliament . Perhaps I might be inclined to entertain some such thought ; but a great flood stops me in my course . Opposuit Natura . I cannot remove the eternal ...
... proposing to you a scheme for a repre- sentation of the colonies in Parliament . Perhaps I might be inclined to entertain some such thought ; but a great flood stops me in my course . Opposuit Natura . I cannot remove the eternal ...
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