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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... opinion , when something more was necessary for the tranquillisation of the colony , than the abandonment of a tax . The Americans would formerly have accepted that compromise ; they would now be satisfied with it no longer . They ...
... opinion , when something more was necessary for the tranquillisation of the colony , than the abandonment of a tax . The Americans would formerly have accepted that compromise ; they would now be satisfied with it no longer . They ...
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... enable him to form an opinion of the issue of an election . On this occasion , he defended him- self at great length from the charges which had been brought against him . The principal seemed to be that c 2 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE . xxxi.
... enable him to form an opinion of the issue of an election . On this occasion , he defended him- self at great length from the charges which had been brought against him . The principal seemed to be that c 2 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE . xxxi.
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... opinion on the French Revolution . This unhappy dispute gradually progressed in the warmth of public debate . Their final quarrel took place in the House of Commons , on the 28th December , 1791 . On that memorable occasion , Mr ...
... opinion on the French Revolution . This unhappy dispute gradually progressed in the warmth of public debate . Their final quarrel took place in the House of Commons , on the 28th December , 1791 . On that memorable occasion , Mr ...
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... the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were , at a remote period , elective , with more or fewer 2 THE WISDOM AND GENIUS.
... the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were , at a remote period , elective , with more or fewer 2 THE WISDOM AND GENIUS.
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... , without all doubt it was at the Revolution . Its not being done at that time is a proof that the nation was of opinion it ought not to be done at any time . There is no person so completely ignorant of our his- OF EDMUND BURKE . 5.
... , without all doubt it was at the Revolution . Its not being done at that time is a proof that the nation was of opinion it ought not to be done at any time . There is no person so completely ignorant of our his- OF EDMUND BURKE . 5.
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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.