The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Little, Brown, 1884 |
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... matter at a proper distance , and when the sharpness of re- cent impressions had been worn off , I might be bet- ter able to form a just estimate of the value of my first opinions . I have just now read it over very coolly and de ...
... matter at a proper distance , and when the sharpness of re- cent impressions had been worn off , I might be bet- ter able to form a just estimate of the value of my first opinions . I have just now read it over very coolly and de ...
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... . Viewing things in that light , my confidence in him is not increased , but totally destroyed , by those pro- ceedings . I cannot conceive it a matter of honor or duty ( but the direct contrary ) in any member CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . рел.
... . Viewing things in that light , my confidence in him is not increased , but totally destroyed , by those pro- ceedings . I cannot conceive it a matter of honor or duty ( but the direct contrary ) in any member CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY . рел.
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... matters of delicacy and impor- tance , confidentially to communicate , thought proper to send Mr. Adair , as his representative , and with his cipher , to St. Petersburg , there to frustrate the ob- jects for which the minister from the ...
... matters of delicacy and impor- tance , confidentially to communicate , thought proper to send Mr. Adair , as his representative , and with his cipher , to St. Petersburg , there to frustrate the ob- jects for which the minister from the ...
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... matters , by which the House of Commons was ( in a crisis such as perhaps Europe never stood ) to give assurances to our allies , strength to our government , and a check to the com- mon enemy of Europe , he substituted nothing but a ...
... matters , by which the House of Commons was ( in a crisis such as perhaps Europe never stood ) to give assurances to our allies , strength to our government , and a check to the com- mon enemy of Europe , he substituted nothing but a ...
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... again travelled over , but much new inflam- matory matter was introduced . In particular , a charge was made , that Great Britain had not in- terposed to prevent the last partition of Poland . On 24 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
... again travelled over , but much new inflam- matory matter was introduced . In particular , a charge was made , that Great Britain had not in- terposed to prevent the last partition of Poland . On 24 OBSERVATIONS ON THE.
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