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 страници |
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... for repealing the tea - duty . It equals in beauty any piece of oratory Mr. Burke ever composed ; and in nerve and force , in all the essentials of powerful eloquence , surpasses most of them . This is xxvi SUMMARY OF THE.
... for repealing the tea - duty . It equals in beauty any piece of oratory Mr. Burke ever composed ; and in nerve and force , in all the essentials of powerful eloquence , surpasses most of them . This is xxvi SUMMARY OF THE.
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... duties of representa- tives and their constituents . The " Boston Port " measures produced , as pre- dicted , the most disastrous results . They exaspe- rated the spirit of all America ; they necessitated defence ; and they led to the ...
... duties of representa- tives and their constituents . The " Boston Port " measures produced , as pre- dicted , the most disastrous results . They exaspe- rated the spirit of all America ; they necessitated defence ; and they led to the ...
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... duties , Mr. Burke did not forget France for an instant . It absorbed his time and his thoughts . In November he drew up " Heads for Consideration on the Present State of Affairs , " purposing to excite war , and to show that no country ...
... duties , Mr. Burke did not forget France for an instant . It absorbed his time and his thoughts . In November he drew up " Heads for Consideration on the Present State of Affairs , " purposing to excite war , and to show that no country ...
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... duties finished , his attendants , with Mr. Nagle of the War Office , a relation , were conveying him to his bed , when , indistinctly articulating a blessing on those around him , he sunk down , and after a momen- tary struggle expired ...
... duties finished , his attendants , with Mr. Nagle of the War Office , a relation , were conveying him to his bed , when , indistinctly articulating a blessing on those around him , he sunk down , and after a momen- tary struggle expired ...
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... duty to our presence ? If we be not , show us the hand of God That hath dismissed us from our stewardship : For well we know , no hand of blood and bone Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre , Unless he do profane , steal , or ...
... duty to our presence ? If we be not , show us the hand of God That hath dismissed us from our stewardship : For well we know , no hand of blood and bone Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre , Unless he do profane , steal , or ...
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Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 11 - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Страница 351 - When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Страница 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.