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 páginas |
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... idea of election differ from our idea of inheritance ? And how does the settle- ment of the crown in the Brunswick line derived from James the First come to legalise our monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring coun- tries ...
... idea of election differ from our idea of inheritance ? And how does the settle- ment of the crown in the Brunswick line derived from James the First come to legalise our monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring coun- tries ...
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... idea of an hereditary succession is brought forward , and fostered , and made the most of , by this great man , and by the legislature who followed him . Quitting the dry , imperative style of an act of parliament , he makes the lords ...
... idea of an hereditary succession is brought forward , and fostered , and made the most of , by this great man , and by the legislature who followed him . Quitting the dry , imperative style of an act of parliament , he makes the lords ...
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... idea , and a part of the scheme , of " cashiering kings for mis- conduct . " In that light it is worth some observation . Kings , in one sense , are undoubtedly the servants of the people , because their power has no other rational end ...
... idea , and a part of the scheme , of " cashiering kings for mis- conduct . " In that light it is worth some observation . Kings , in one sense , are undoubtedly the servants of the people , because their power has no other rational end ...
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... ideas and another language . Such a claim is as ill - suited to our temper and wishes as it is unsupported by any appearance of authority . The very idea of the fabri- cation of a new government is enough to fill us with disgust and ...
... ideas and another language . Such a claim is as ill - suited to our temper and wishes as it is unsupported by any appearance of authority . The very idea of the fabri- cation of a new government is enough to fill us with disgust and ...
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... idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation , and a sure principle of transmission ; without at all excluding a principle of improvement . It leaves acquisition free ; but it secures what it acquires . Whatever ad ...
... idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation , and a sure principle of transmission ; without at all excluding a principle of improvement . It leaves acquisition free ; but it secures what it acquires . Whatever ad ...
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admiration America amongst ancient appear authority Beaconsfield beauty better body Bristol British Burke's called Catholics cause character ciples civil colonies conduct consider constitution crimes crown dignity disposition duty East India Bill EDMUND BURKE effect election empire enemy England English evil exist faction favour feel fortune French French Revolution friends genius gentlemen hereditary honour house of commons human Hyder Ali India interest Ireland justice king kingdom labour liberty Lord Lord Chatham Lord Keppel mankind manner matter means measure ment mind ministers mode monarchy moral nation nature never noble object opinion oppression parliament party passions persons political preserve prince principles protestant ascendancy reason Reform Regicide Peace religion Revolution in France Richard Burke Sir Sydney Smith society sort spirit suffer sure things tion true vices virtue Warren Hastings Whigs whilst whole
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 11 - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Página 351 - When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Página 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.