The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 131
... proceeding . It is radical in its principle ; but it is attended with great difficulties : some of them little short , as I conceive , of impossibili- ties . This will appear by examining into the plans which have been proposed . As the ...
... proceeding . It is radical in its principle ; but it is attended with great difficulties : some of them little short , as I conceive , of impossibili- ties . This will appear by examining into the plans which have been proposed . As the ...
Page 136
... proceeding on the irregular conduct of scattered individuals , or even of bands of men , who disturb order within the state , and the civil dissensions which may , from time to time , on great questions , agitate the several com ...
... proceeding on the irregular conduct of scattered individuals , or even of bands of men , who disturb order within the state , and the civil dissensions which may , from time to time , on great questions , agitate the several com ...
Page 138
... proceeding is not ( at least in the present stage of our contest ) altogether expedient , which is nothing less than the conduct of those very persons who have seemed to adopt that mode , by lately declaring a rebellion in Massachusetts ...
... proceeding is not ( at least in the present stage of our contest ) altogether expedient , which is nothing less than the conduct of those very persons who have seemed to adopt that mode , by lately declaring a rebellion in Massachusetts ...
Page 142
... proceedings . I have taken a very incorrect measure of the dis- position of the House , if this proposal in itself would be received with dislike . I think , Sir , we have few American financiers . But our misfortune is , we are too ...
... proceedings . I have taken a very incorrect measure of the dis- position of the House , if this proposal in itself would be received with dislike . I think , Sir , we have few American financiers . But our misfortune is , we are too ...
Page 181
... proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church , Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us . By adverting to the dignity of this high calling ...
... proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church , Sursum corda ! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us . By adverting to the dignity of this high calling ...
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