Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina ix
... true , " he said , " that the love and even the idea of genuine liberty is extremely rare . It is but too true that there are many whose scheme of freedom is made up of pride , perverseness , and insolence . They feel themselves in a ...
... true , " he said , " that the love and even the idea of genuine liberty is extremely rare . It is but too true that there are many whose scheme of freedom is made up of pride , perverseness , and insolence . They feel themselves in a ...
Pagina x
Edmund Burke. mercy . This disposition is the true source of the passion which many men , in my humble life , have taken to the American war . Our subjects in America , our colonies , our dependents . This lust of party power is the ...
Edmund Burke. mercy . This disposition is the true source of the passion which many men , in my humble life , have taken to the American war . Our subjects in America , our colonies , our dependents . This lust of party power is the ...
Pagina xi
... true policy , as he en- deavoured to convince the House of Commons and the country , was to be sought in a recognition of the fact that the Americans would have " no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are ...
... true policy , as he en- deavoured to convince the House of Commons and the country , was to be sought in a recognition of the fact that the Americans would have " no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are ...
Pagina xii
... true and gigantic proportions . Though the particular controversy which provoked these speeches has long since been determined , to - day presents to us and to- morrow will surely bring other controversies in the conduct.of which it ...
... true and gigantic proportions . Though the particular controversy which provoked these speeches has long since been determined , to - day presents to us and to- morrow will surely bring other controversies in the conduct.of which it ...
Pagina 8
... true motives to the repeal , or had they been at all attended to , tea would have been the last article we should have left taxed for a subject of controversy . Sir , it is not a pleasant consideration , but nothing in the world can ...
... true motives to the repeal , or had they been at all attended to , tea would have been the last article we should have left taxed for a subject of controversy . Sir , it is not a pleasant consideration , but nothing in the world can ...
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