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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... respect of debts both funded and unfunded ? What millions shall we not , must we not , borrow this year ? What taxes are we to lay for funding these millions ? Which of our taxes already granted , for these three years past , are not ...
... respect of debts both funded and unfunded ? What millions shall we not , must we not , borrow this year ? What taxes are we to lay for funding these millions ? Which of our taxes already granted , for these three years past , are not ...
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... respects , upon feudal principles . In the feudal times , it was not uncommon , even among subjects , for the lowest offices to be held by considerable persons ; persons as unfit by their incapacity , as improper from their rank , to ...
... respects , upon feudal principles . In the feudal times , it was not uncommon , even among subjects , for the lowest offices to be held by considerable persons ; persons as unfit by their incapacity , as improper from their rank , to ...
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... respect , too , rigour , as usual , defeats itself . Then , the exchequer never . gives a particular receipt , or clears a man of his account , as far as it goes . A final acquittance ( or a quietus , as they term it ) is scarcely ever ...
... respect , too , rigour , as usual , defeats itself . Then , the exchequer never . gives a particular receipt , or clears a man of his account , as far as it goes . A final acquittance ( or a quietus , as they term it ) is scarcely ever ...
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... respect the original title , and the first purchase of merited wealth and honour through all its descents , through all its transfers , and all its assignments . May such fountains never be dried up . May they ever flow with their ...
... respect the original title , and the first purchase of merited wealth and honour through all its descents , through all its transfers , and all its assignments . May such fountains never be dried up . May they ever flow with their ...
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... respects to the congress of the United States , a part of their powers under the commission were , it seems , of a commercial nature . They were authorized in the most ample and undefined manner , to form a commercial treaty with ...
... respects to the congress of the United States , a part of their powers under the commission were , it seems , of a commercial nature . They were authorized in the most ample and undefined manner , to form a commercial treaty with ...
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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...