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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... person or other ) every reform must operate as a sort of punishment . Indeed the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at , a market almost too high for humanity . What is worse , there are ' very few of those virtues ...
... person or other ) every reform must operate as a sort of punishment . Indeed the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at , a market almost too high for humanity . What is worse , there are ' very few of those virtues ...
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... comprehends various retributions made to persons whose offices are taken away , or who , in any other way , suffer by the new arrangements that are made . I do not , Sir , lay before you for 1780. ] 15 OF ECONOMICAL REFORM .
... comprehends various retributions made to persons whose offices are taken away , or who , in any other way , suffer by the new arrangements that are made . I do not , Sir , lay before you for 1780. ] 15 OF ECONOMICAL REFORM .
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... persons will be always found , who would rather trust to their talents in recom- mending themselves to power for the renewal of their in- terests , than to incumber their purses , though never so lightly , in order to transmit ...
... persons will be always found , who would rather trust to their talents in recom- mending themselves to power for the renewal of their in- terests , than to incumber their purses , though never so lightly , in order to transmit ...
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... persons ; persons as unfit by their incapacity , as improper from their rank , to occupy such employments . They were held by patent , sometimes for life , and sometimes by in- heritance . If my memory does not deceive me , a person of ...
... persons ; persons as unfit by their incapacity , as improper from their rank , to occupy such employments . They were held by patent , sometimes for life , and sometimes by in- heritance . If my memory does not deceive me , a person of ...
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... person , whilst another enjoys the emoluments , that he found himself frustrated in all his designs . On that rock his whole adventure split - his whole scheme of economy was dashed to pieces ; his department became more ex- 1780. ] 45 ...
... person , whilst another enjoys the emoluments , that he found himself frustrated in all his designs . On that rock his whole adventure split - his whole scheme of economy was dashed to pieces ; his department became more ex- 1780. ] 45 ...
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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...