The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of Commons, and in Westminster-Hall, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 |
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... Committee on the Establishment Bill ...... Page ΙΟ 91 .... 117 Mr. Burke's Speech on the Clause for abolishing the Office of Third Secretary of State ........... 13. Mr. Burke's Speech on the Clause for abolishing the Board of Trade 20 ...
... Committee on the Establishment Bill ...... Page ΙΟ 91 .... 117 Mr. Burke's Speech on the Clause for abolishing the Office of Third Secretary of State ........... 13. Mr. Burke's Speech on the Clause for abolishing the Board of Trade 20 ...
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... committees leading directly to rebellion - presumed to go to law with the king . The object is neither your business nor mine . Which of the parties got the better , I really forget . I think it was ( as it ought to be ) the king . The ...
... committees leading directly to rebellion - presumed to go to law with the king . The object is neither your business nor mine . Which of the parties got the better , I really forget . I think it was ( as it ought to be ) the king . The ...
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... committees of council , were never a moment unoccupied , with affairs of trade . But even where they had no ill intention ( which was sometimes the case ) trade and manufacture suffered in- finitely from their injudicious tampering ...
... committees of council , were never a moment unoccupied , with affairs of trade . But even where they had no ill intention ( which was sometimes the case ) trade and manufacture suffered in- finitely from their injudicious tampering ...
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... committees , and associations would it not pro- duce ! Bless me what a clattering of white sticks and yellow sticks would be about his head - what a storm of gold keys would fly about the ears of the minister - what a shower of Georges ...
... committees , and associations would it not pro- duce ! Bless me what a clattering of white sticks and yellow sticks would be about his head - what a storm of gold keys would fly about the ears of the minister - what a shower of Georges ...
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... committee or committees thereof , before the particular in- stitution of the said board , or in any other manner which his majesty , shall hereafter in the said council direct and appoint to be by the said council , or any committee ...
... committee or committees thereof , before the particular in- stitution of the said board , or in any other manner which his majesty , shall hereafter in the said council direct and appoint to be by the said council , or any committee ...
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Seite 247 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this house...
Seite 63 - ... look upon all their subjects as on a level : they are rather apt to hate than to love their nobility on account of the occasional resistance to their will, which will be made by their virtue, their petulance, or their pride. It must indeed be admitted, that many of the nobility are as perfectly willing to act the part of flatterers, tale-bearers, parasites, pimps, and buffoons, as any of the lowest and vilest of mankind can possibly be.
Seite 450 - He will remember that obloquy is a necessary ingredient in the composition of all true glory: he will remember that it was not only in the Roman customs, but it is in the nature and constitution of things, that calumny and abuse are essential parts of triumph.
Seite 37 - This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors.
Seite 376 - These charters have made the very name of a charter dear to the heart of every Englishman. — But, Sir, there may be, and there are charters, not only different in nature, but formed on principles the very reverse of those of the great charter.
Seite 39 - On that rock his whole adventure split — His whole scheme of economy was dashed to pieces ; his department became more expensive than ever ; — the civil list debt accumulated...
Seite 332 - I lost no time in giving the necessary orders to prohibit the further prosecution of offensive war upon the continent of North America, adopting, as my inclination will always lead me to do with decision and effect, whatever I collect to be the sense of my Parliament and my people. I have pointed all my views and measures as well in Europe as in North America to an entire and cordial reconciliation with those colonies.
Seite 11 - ... if there is any one eminent criterion, which, above all the rest, distinguishes a wise government from an administration weak and improvident, it is this : — " well to know the best time and manner of' yielding, what it is impossible to keep.
Seite 397 - But there we are ; there we are placed by the Sovereign Disposer ; and we must do the best we can in our situation. The situation of man is the preceptor of his duty.
Seite 453 - that they should deliver up the seals of their offices, and send them by the under Secretaries, Mr. Frazer and Mr. Nepean, as a personal interview on the...