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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... equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world . Whatever England has been growing to by a pro- gressive increase of improvement , brought on by varieties of people , by succession of civilising con- quests ...
... equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world . Whatever England has been growing to by a pro- gressive increase of improvement , brought on by varieties of people , by succession of civilising con- quests ...
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... equal to it ? Pass by the other parts , and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery . Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice , and behold them pene- trating into ...
... equal to it ? Pass by the other parts , and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery . Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice , and behold them pene- trating into ...
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... equal to the common ends of their institu- tion . But in order to enable parliament to answer all these ends of provident and beneficent superin- tendence , her powers must be boundless . The gen- tlemen who think the powers of ...
... equal to the common ends of their institu- tion . But in order to enable parliament to answer all these ends of provident and beneficent superin- tendence , her powers must be boundless . The gen- tlemen who think the powers of ...
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... equal in revenue , to the elector of Saxony . Cheyt Sing , the rajah of Benares , might well rank with the prince of Hesse , at least ; and the rajah of Tanjore ( though hardly equal in extent of dominion , superior in all of revenue ) ...
... equal in revenue , to the elector of Saxony . Cheyt Sing , the rajah of Benares , might well rank with the prince of Hesse , at least ; and the rajah of Tanjore ( though hardly equal in extent of dominion , superior in all of revenue ) ...
Página 99
... equal , the ordinary titles of respect and courtesy . * From that time forward , a continued plot was carried on within the divan , black and white , of the nabob of Arcot , for the destruction of Hyder Ali . As to the out- ward members ...
... equal , the ordinary titles of respect and courtesy . * From that time forward , a continued plot was carried on within the divan , black and white , of the nabob of Arcot , for the destruction of Hyder Ali . As to the out- ward members ...
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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.