The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 210
... reform ourselves . If measures of peace are neces- sary , they must begin somewhere ; and a conciliatory temper must precede and prepare every plan of recon- ciliation . Nor do I conceive that we suffer anything by thus regulating our ...
... reform ourselves . If measures of peace are neces- sary , they must begin somewhere ; and a conciliatory temper must precede and prepare every plan of recon- ciliation . Nor do I conceive that we suffer anything by thus regulating our ...
Page 218
... reform the errors under which they suffer than to reproach those who forewarned them of their danger . But the rebels looked for assistance from this coun- try . They did so , in the beginning of this controversy , most certainly ; and ...
... reform the errors under which they suffer than to reproach those who forewarned them of their danger . But the rebels looked for assistance from this coun- try . They did so , in the beginning of this controversy , most certainly ; and ...
Page 267
... Reform in the Constitution of Several Parts of the Public Economy . " I have endeavored that this plan should include , in its execution , a considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of unprof ...
... Reform in the Constitution of Several Parts of the Public Economy . " I have endeavored that this plan should include , in its execution , a considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of unprof ...
Page 268
... reform must operate as a sort of punishment . Indeed , the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at a market almost too high for humanity . What is worse , there are very few of those virtues which are not capable of ...
... reform must operate as a sort of punishment . Indeed , the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at a market almost too high for humanity . What is worse , there are very few of those virtues which are not capable of ...
Page 269
... reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaint- ance , some dear , protected dependant . Emolument is taken from some ; patronage from others ; objects of pursuit from all . Men forced into an involuntary ...
... reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaint- ance , some dear , protected dependant . Emolument is taken from some ; patronage from others ; objects of pursuit from all . Men forced into an involuntary ...
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