The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of Commons, and in Westminster-Hall, Volumen 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 |
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... noble duke , and those propositions which are this very day making , in the other House , by a noble lord of great ... Lords , in our peculiar province , is a reproach . It may be something worse than a reproach ; for , if the House of ...
... noble duke , and those propositions which are this very day making , in the other House , by a noble lord of great ... Lords , in our peculiar province , is a reproach . It may be something worse than a reproach ; for , if the House of ...
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... noble lord recommended that scheme , de- claring at the same time , that he did not know how to put it in practice - he , the minister of finance ! It is however singular , that in all his begettings and adoptions , in all his schemes ...
... noble lord recommended that scheme , de- claring at the same time , that he did not know how to put it in practice - he , the minister of finance ! It is however singular , that in all his begettings and adoptions , in all his schemes ...
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... God avert the omen ! But if we should see any genius in war and politics arise in France to second what is done in the bureau ! - I turn my eyes from the consequences .. The noble lord in the blue ribbon , last year , treated all this ...
... God avert the omen ! But if we should see any genius in war and politics arise in France to second what is done in the bureau ! - I turn my eyes from the consequences .. The noble lord in the blue ribbon , last year , treated all this ...
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... noble lord in the blue ribbon as a wild factious language . It happens , however , that the people in their address to us use almost word for word the same terms as the king of France uses in address- ing himself to his people ; and it ...
... noble lord in the blue ribbon as a wild factious language . It happens , however , that the people in their address to us use almost word for word the same terms as the king of France uses in address- ing himself to his people ; and it ...
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... noble lord in the blue ribbon pitals , “ not guilty , " to the charges brought against the present system of public economy , it is not possible to give a fair verdict by which he will not stand acquitted . But pleading is not our ...
... noble lord in the blue ribbon pitals , “ not guilty , " to the charges brought against the present system of public economy , it is not possible to give a fair verdict by which he will not stand acquitted . But pleading is not our ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...