The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 204
... protection to English privileges in the arms of France ! These circumstances appear to me more like shock- ing prodigies than natural changes in human affairs . Men of firmer minds may see them without stagger- ing or astonishment ...
... protection to English privileges in the arms of France ! These circumstances appear to me more like shock- ing prodigies than natural changes in human affairs . Men of firmer minds may see them without stagger- ing or astonishment ...
Page 213
... protect the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them , not the disputed rights and privi- leges of freedom , but the common rights of men , by the name of graces ? Why do not the commissioners restore them on the spot ? Were they ...
... protect the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them , not the disputed rights and privi- leges of freedom , but the common rights of men , by the name of graces ? Why do not the commissioners restore them on the spot ? Were they ...
Page 216
... protection against the fury of foreign mercenaries and the waste of sav- ages in the arms of France . When any ... protecting connection : that those who have conferred favors obtain influence , and from the foresight of future events ...
... protection against the fury of foreign mercenaries and the waste of sav- ages in the arms of France . When any ... protecting connection : that those who have conferred favors obtain influence , and from the foresight of future events ...
Page 219
... protection or subject it to the power of France by their own inconsiderate hostility . They paid but little respect to the court jargon of that day ; nor were they inflamed by the pretended rivalship of the Dutch in trade , - by the ...
... protection or subject it to the power of France by their own inconsiderate hostility . They paid but little respect to the court jargon of that day ; nor were they inflamed by the pretended rivalship of the Dutch in trade , - by the ...
Page 221
... protection of this government , and to divide their trading prop- erty , without a possibility of restitution , as spoil among the seamen of the navy . The most abject submission on the part of the colonies could not re- deem them ...
... protection of this government , and to divide their trading prop- erty , without a possibility of restitution , as spoil among the seamen of the navy . The most abject submission on the part of the colonies could not re- deem them ...
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