The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of Commons, and in Westminster-Hall, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816 |
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... gentleman of great consideration , connected with ministry ( Mr. Eden ) , has published a book , much of which is on the subject of finance ; the fruit of the throes and labour - pangs of mi- nistry to bring forth taxes , in order to ...
... gentleman of great consideration , connected with ministry ( Mr. Eden ) , has published a book , much of which is on the subject of finance ; the fruit of the throes and labour - pangs of mi- nistry to bring forth taxes , in order to ...
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... gentlemen have kept away from such a task , as well from good nature as from prudence . Private feeling might , indeed , be overborne by legislative reason ; and a man of a long - sighted and strong - nerved humanity , might bring ...
... gentlemen have kept away from such a task , as well from good nature as from prudence . Private feeling might , indeed , be overborne by legislative reason ; and a man of a long - sighted and strong - nerved humanity , might bring ...
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... gentlemen argue against every desire of reformation , upon the principles of a criminal prosecution . It is enough for them to justify their ad- herence to a pernicious system , that it is not of their con- trivance ; that it is an ...
... gentlemen argue against every desire of reformation , upon the principles of a criminal prosecution . It is enough for them to justify their ad- herence to a pernicious system , that it is not of their con- trivance ; that it is an ...
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... gentlemen who now hold the offices , were at the time that they entered into them ; or as ever the whole establishment of the mint has been at any period . These , Sir , are the outlines of the plan I mean to follow , in suppressing ...
... gentlemen who now hold the offices , were at the time that they entered into them ; or as ever the whole establishment of the mint has been at any period . These , Sir , are the outlines of the plan I mean to follow , in suppressing ...
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... gentlemen may blame me . It is with great submission to better judgments , that I recommend it to consideration ; that a critical retrospec- tive examination of the pension list , upon the principle of merit , can never serve for my ...
... gentlemen may blame me . It is with great submission to better judgments , that I recommend it to consideration ; that a critical retrospec- tive examination of the pension list , upon the principle of merit , can never serve for my ...
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Page 247 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this house...
Page 63 - ... look upon all their subjects as on a level : they are rather apt to hate than to love their nobility on account of the occasional resistance to their will, which will be made by their virtue, their petulance, or their pride. It must indeed be admitted, that many of the nobility are as perfectly willing to act the part of flatterers, tale-bearers, parasites, pimps, and buffoons, as any of the lowest and vilest of mankind can possibly be.
Page 450 - He will remember that obloquy is a necessary ingredient in the composition of all true glory: he will remember that it was not only in the Roman customs, but it is in the nature and constitution of things, that calumny and abuse are essential parts of triumph.
Page 37 - This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors.
Page 376 - These charters have made the very name of a charter dear to the heart of every Englishman. — But, Sir, there may be, and there are charters, not only different in nature, but formed on principles the very reverse of those of the great charter.
Page 39 - On that rock his whole adventure split — His whole scheme of economy was dashed to pieces ; his department became more expensive than ever ; — the civil list debt accumulated...
Page 332 - I lost no time in giving the necessary orders to prohibit the further prosecution of offensive war upon the continent of North America, adopting, as my inclination will always lead me to do with decision and effect, whatever I collect to be the sense of my Parliament and my people. I have pointed all my views and measures as well in Europe as in North America to an entire and cordial reconciliation with those colonies.
Page 11 - ... if there is any one eminent criterion, which, above all the rest, distinguishes a wise government from an administration weak and improvident, it is this : — " well to know the best time and manner of' yielding, what it is impossible to keep.
Page 397 - But there we are ; there we are placed by the Sovereign Disposer ; and we must do the best we can in our situation. The situation of man is the preceptor of his duty.
Page 453 - that they should deliver up the seals of their offices, and send them by the under Secretaries, Mr. Frazer and Mr. Nepean, as a personal interview on the...