The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a Series of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches; with a Summary of His LifeE. Moxon, 1845 - 426 Seiten |
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... satisfaction con- siderably increased , should the book prove in any way the means of extending the knowledge and influence of the illustrious mind whose matter it contains . CONTENTS . A SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE vini PREFACE .
... satisfaction con- siderably increased , should the book prove in any way the means of extending the knowledge and influence of the illustrious mind whose matter it contains . CONTENTS . A SUMMARY OF THE LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE vini PREFACE .
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... influence on the general character of his mind . The earliest attempts of Burke were poetic , and of more than ordinary promise ; but he subsequently devoted himself to prose compositions alone . There is abundant reason to believe that ...
... influence on the general character of his mind . The earliest attempts of Burke were poetic , and of more than ordinary promise ; but he subsequently devoted himself to prose compositions alone . There is abundant reason to believe that ...
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... influence of both court and legislature gained the election for Middlesex . His consequent prosecution gave rise to disgraceful riots . Burke , while he disapproved of Wilkes ' conduct , exerted himself to the utmost to defeat the ...
... influence of both court and legislature gained the election for Middlesex . His consequent prosecution gave rise to disgraceful riots . Burke , while he disapproved of Wilkes ' conduct , exerted himself to the utmost to defeat the ...
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... influence to procure its defeat in the lords . It was accordingly rejected ; ministers summarily dismissed from office ; while the youthful but ambitious Pitt succeeded to the pre- miership . A strange and fearful struggle now ensued ...
... influence to procure its defeat in the lords . It was accordingly rejected ; ministers summarily dismissed from office ; while the youthful but ambitious Pitt succeeded to the pre- miership . A strange and fearful struggle now ensued ...
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... influence ; by the reformation of the pay - office , in guarding against the serious deficits so frequently experienced there , and rendering available to the government about a mil- lion sterling , the frequent amount of the balance in ...
... influence ; by the reformation of the pay - office , in guarding against the serious deficits so frequently experienced there , and rendering available to the government about a mil- lion sterling , the frequent amount of the balance in ...
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Seite 149 - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy...
Seite 17 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Seite 48 - But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment; which he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Seite 355 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Seite 47 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Seite 411 - We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
Seite 410 - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Seite 11 - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Seite 351 - When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Seite 80 - Sir, I think you must perceive that I am resolved this day to have nothing at all to do with the question of the right of taxation. Some gentlemen startle, but it is true. I put it totally out of the question. It is less than nothing in my consideration.