A memoir of the political life of ... Edmund Burke1840 |
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... constitutional empire . The great Minister of his latter day was Lord Chatham - a splendid innova- tion on the routine of ministry ; a new political lu- minary , which had risen to give new energy to the state , and throw sudden ...
... constitutional empire . The great Minister of his latter day was Lord Chatham - a splendid innova- tion on the routine of ministry ; a new political lu- minary , which had risen to give new energy to the state , and throw sudden ...
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... Constitution . It is true , that the Peers have a great influence in the kingdom , and in every part of the public ... constitutional conduct , by their 3 64 LIFE OF BURKE .
... Constitution . It is true , that the Peers have a great influence in the kingdom , and in every part of the public ... constitutional conduct , by their 3 64 LIFE OF BURKE .
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... Constitution ; that in contemplating the power of an intriguing Court , he overlooked the tyranny of an irresponsible populace ; that in guarding the Constitutional tree from the southern , sickly breezes of Court patronage , he forgot ...
... Constitution ; that in contemplating the power of an intriguing Court , he overlooked the tyranny of an irresponsible populace ; that in guarding the Constitutional tree from the southern , sickly breezes of Court patronage , he forgot ...
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... Constitution . ” He next examines the merits of a Place Bill , a mea- sure which unquestionably will be one of the favourite proposals , at the first convenient season , of that extra- vagant and angry faction , which , making its way ...
... Constitution . ” He next examines the merits of a Place Bill , a mea- sure which unquestionably will be one of the favourite proposals , at the first convenient season , of that extra- vagant and angry faction , which , making its way ...
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... Constitution . " The next remedy , " says he , " is a Place Bill . The same principle guides in both ; I mean , that is entertained by many , of the infallibility of laws and regulations in the cure of public distempers . With- out ...
... Constitution . " The next remedy , " says he , " is a Place Bill . The same principle guides in both ; I mean , that is entertained by many , of the infallibility of laws and regulations in the cure of public distempers . With- out ...
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Página 39 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. 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 148 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 98 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference, and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward. It is that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege.
Página 102 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Página 89 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Página 102 - If this state of his country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate, indeed, if he lives to see nothing that shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more.
Página 98 - I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people the I775O CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES. 29! haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit...
Página 100 - ... deserts. If you drive the people from one place, they will carry on their annual tillage and remove with their flocks and herds to another. Many of the people in the back settlements are already little attached to particular situations. Already they have topped the Appalachian mountains. From thence they behold before them an immense plain, one vast, rich, level meadow; a square of five hundred miles.
Página 171 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Página 90 - My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred...