Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina xii
... conduct of which it will be well for us to remember his teaching . Mutato nomine de nobis . Every generation has its George the Thirds and its Lord Norths - slaves of com- placent prejudice and easy - going , short - sighted oppor ...
... conduct of which it will be well for us to remember his teaching . Mutato nomine de nobis . Every generation has its George the Thirds and its Lord Norths - slaves of com- placent prejudice and easy - going , short - sighted oppor ...
Pagina 3
... conduct . It is not , he will give me leave to say , either useless or dangerous . He asserts , that retrospect is not wise ; and the proper , the only proper , subject of inquiry , is " not how we got into this difficulty , but how we ...
... conduct . It is not , he will give me leave to say , either useless or dangerous . He asserts , that retrospect is not wise ; and the proper , the only proper , subject of inquiry , is " not how we got into this difficulty , but how we ...
Pagina 4
... conduct I refer him for a conclusive answer to this objection . I carry my proof irresistibly into the very body of both Ministry and Parliament , not on any general reasoning growing out of collateral matter , but on the conduct of the ...
... conduct I refer him for a conclusive answer to this objection . I carry my proof irresistibly into the very body of both Ministry and Parliament , not on any general reasoning growing out of collateral matter , but on the conduct of the ...
Pagina 8
... conduct of Ministry in this business , upon the mischief of not having large and liberal ideas in the management of great affairs . Never have the servants of the state looked at the whole of your complicated interests in one connected ...
... conduct of Ministry in this business , upon the mischief of not having large and liberal ideas in the management of great affairs . Never have the servants of the state looked at the whole of your complicated interests in one connected ...
Pagina 14
... conduct in respect to America has been governed . And his Majesty relies upon your prudence and fidelity for such an explanation of his measures as may tend to remove the pre- judices which have been excited by the misrepresentations of ...
... conduct in respect to America has been governed . And his Majesty relies upon your prudence and fidelity for such an explanation of his measures as may tend to remove the pre- judices which have been excited by the misrepresentations of ...
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