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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... manner so signal and so disgraceful , that they who have trusted his predecessors in many par- ticulars for ever , and in all , for two years , should have contracted their confidence in him to a poor stinted tenure of six months ...
... manner so signal and so disgraceful , that they who have trusted his predecessors in many par- ticulars for ever , and in all , for two years , should have contracted their confidence in him to a poor stinted tenure of six months ...
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... manner of yielding , what it is im- possible to keep . " There have been , Sir , and there are , many who choose to chicane with their situation , rather than be instructed by it . Those gentlemen argue against every desire of ...
... manner of yielding , what it is im- possible to keep . " There have been , Sir , and there are , many who choose to chicane with their situation , rather than be instructed by it . Those gentlemen argue against every desire of ...
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... manner , in any particular which tended to change the settled state of things , or in any degree to affect the fortune or situation , the interest or the importance , of any individual . By an arbitrary proceeding , I mean one conducted ...
... manner , in any particular which tended to change the settled state of things , or in any degree to affect the fortune or situation , the interest or the importance , of any individual . By an arbitrary proceeding , I mean one conducted ...
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... manner , will imagine , that he beholds a solid , compacted , uniform system of monarchy ; in which all inferior jurisdictions are but as rays diverging from one centre . But on examining it more nearly , you find much excentricity and ...
... manner , will imagine , that he beholds a solid , compacted , uniform system of monarchy ; in which all inferior jurisdictions are but as rays diverging from one centre . But on examining it more nearly , you find much excentricity and ...
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... manner is the dignity of the nobility concerned in these principalities ? What rights have the subject there , which they have not at least equally in every other part of the nation ? These distinctions exist for no good end to the king ...
... manner is the dignity of the nobility concerned in these principalities ? What rights have the subject there , which they have not at least equally in every other part of the nation ? These distinctions exist for no good end to the king ...
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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...