The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 47
... things , nor with more honest ambition . Yet , on his re- turn to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secresy of a criminal . He went to the palace , not like a victorious commander who had merited and might demand the ...
... things , nor with more honest ambition . Yet , on his re- turn to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secresy of a criminal . He went to the palace , not like a victorious commander who had merited and might demand the ...
Page 60
... things of the last importance . And I could de- monstrate , that they have had the opportunity of doing all this mischief , nay , that they themselves had their origin and growth from that complex form of government , which we are ...
... things of the last importance . And I could de- monstrate , that they have had the opportunity of doing all this mischief , nay , that they themselves had their origin and growth from that complex form of government , which we are ...
Page 61
... things had a more ferocious appearance than they have at this day . In these early and unrefined ages , the jarring part of a certain chaotick constitution supported their se- veral pretensions by the sword . Experience and policy have ...
... things had a more ferocious appearance than they have at this day . In these early and unrefined ages , the jarring part of a certain chaotick constitution supported their se- veral pretensions by the sword . Experience and policy have ...
Page 63
... things were in property , and what common . In this uncertainty , ( uncertain even to the professors , an Egyptian darkness to the rest of mankind ) the contending parties felt themselves more effectually ruined by the delay than they ...
... things were in property , and what common . In this uncertainty , ( uncertain even to the professors , an Egyptian darkness to the rest of mankind ) the contending parties felt themselves more effectually ruined by the delay than they ...
Page 70
... things ; and that those who labour not at all have the greatest number of enjoyments . A constitu- tion of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actually see ...
... things ; and that those who labour not at all have the greatest number of enjoyments . A constitu- tion of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actually see ...
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