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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... Treasury itself , its little revenue is greatly diminished ; and we see by the whole of this strange transaction , that an attempt to improve it , produces resistance ; the resistance produces submission ; and the whole ends in pension ...
... Treasury itself , its little revenue is greatly diminished ; and we see by the whole of this strange transaction , that an attempt to improve it , produces resistance ; the resistance produces submission ; and the whole ends in pension ...
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... treasury , has been ever able to take a survey , or to make even a tolerable guess , of the expences of government for any one year ; so as to enable him with the least degree of certainty , or even probability , to bring his affairs ...
... treasury , has been ever able to take a survey , or to make even a tolerable guess , of the expences of government for any one year ; so as to enable him with the least degree of certainty , or even probability , to bring his affairs ...
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... treasury to this faithful and satisfactory perform- ance shone be there , previous to any payment ; that there , and there only , should the payment be made . I propose , tha : mor should be contracted with only in their proper tres ...
... treasury to this faithful and satisfactory perform- ance shone be there , previous to any payment ; that there , and there only , should the payment be made . I propose , tha : mor should be contracted with only in their proper tres ...
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... treasury ; to put the whole into the hands of a real builder , who shall not be a member of parliament ; and to oblige him by a previous estimate and final payment , to appear twice at the treasury , before the public can be loaded ...
... treasury ; to put the whole into the hands of a real builder , who shall not be a member of parliament ; and to oblige him by a previous estimate and final payment , to appear twice at the treasury , before the public can be loaded ...
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... treasury , as in all the other inferior de- partments of government . Here the military is subor- dinate to the civil , and the naval confounded with the land service . The object indeed is much the same in both . But when the detail is ...
... treasury , as in all the other inferior de- partments of government . Here the military is subor- dinate to the civil , and the naval confounded with the land service . The object indeed is much the same in both . But when the detail is ...
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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...