Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... reason , " yet Ireland did not inspire him to any such Titanic effort as he put forth in other direc- tions . Burke's Indian speeches , again , are in many respects among the greatest ever delivered by him , but marred by the violence ...
... reason , " yet Ireland did not inspire him to any such Titanic effort as he put forth in other direc- tions . Burke's Indian speeches , again , are in many respects among the greatest ever delivered by him , but marred by the violence ...
Pagina x
... reason ; show it to be common sense ; show it to be the means of attain- ing some useful end , and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I ...
... reason ; show it to be common sense ; show it to be the means of attain- ing some useful end , and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I ...
Pagina xi
... reason , and justice tell me I ought to do . Is a politic act the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession proper but that ' which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? The key to a true policy , as he en ...
... reason , and justice tell me I ought to do . Is a politic act the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession proper but that ' which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? The key to a true policy , as he en ...
Pagina 2
... reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy is not yet conquered . The honourable gentleman has made one endeavour more to diversify the form of this disgusting argument . He has thrown out a speech composed ...
... reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy is not yet conquered . The honourable gentleman has made one endeavour more to diversify the form of this disgusting argument . He has thrown out a speech composed ...
Pagina 3
... reason and every principle of good sense established amongst mankind . For that sense and that reason I have always understood absolutely to prescribe , whenever we are involved in diffi- culties from the measures we have pursued , that ...
... reason and every principle of good sense established amongst mankind . For that sense and that reason I have always understood absolutely to prescribe , whenever we are involved in diffi- culties from the measures we have pursued , that ...
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