Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina ix
... feel themselves in a state of thraldom , they imagine that their souls are cooped and cabined in , unless they have some men , or some body of men , dependent on their mercy . This disposition is the true source of the Introduction ix.
... feel themselves in a state of thraldom , they imagine that their souls are cooped and cabined in , unless they have some men , or some body of men , dependent on their mercy . This disposition is the true source of the Introduction ix.
Pagina xii
... feeling for the two great political ends of Justice and Freedom , the large and generous interpretation of expediency , the morality , the vision , the noble temper . " It is impossible to think that any one will quarrel with Mr ...
... feeling for the two great political ends of Justice and Freedom , the large and generous interpretation of expediency , the morality , the vision , the noble temper . " It is impossible to think that any one will quarrel with Mr ...
Pagina 16
... feel it with sorrow , I utter it with reluct- ance ) that reverential affection which so endearing a name of authority ought ever to carry with it ; that you are obeyed solely from respect to the bayonet ; and that this House , the ...
... feel it with sorrow , I utter it with reluct- ance ) that reverential affection which so endearing a name of authority ought ever to carry with it ; that you are obeyed solely from respect to the bayonet ; and that this House , the ...
Pagina 36
... feeling humbled by the unhappy issue of their measures , seemed to be infinitely elated , and cried out that the Ministry , from envy to the glory of their predecessors , were prepared to repeal the Stamp Act . Near nine years after ...
... feeling humbled by the unhappy issue of their measures , seemed to be infinitely elated , and cried out that the Ministry , from envy to the glory of their predecessors , were prepared to repeal the Stamp Act . Near nine years after ...
Pagina 41
... feel , but if I had stood in that situation , I would never have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow . I did hope that that day's danger and honour would have been a bond to hold us all together for ever ...
... feel , but if I had stood in that situation , I would never have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow . I did hope that that day's danger and honour would have been a bond to hold us all together for ever ...
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