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" I do not choose to consume its strength along with our own; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhausting conflict, and still less in the midst of it. I may... "
Edmund Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775 - Page 46
by Edmund Burke - 1898 - 159 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at...because it is the spirit that has made the country. Lastly, we have no sort of experience in favour of force as an instrument in the rule of our colonies....
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Collected in Three Volumes ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...along with our own ; becaufe in all parts it is the Britifh ftrength that I confume. I do not choofe to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of; this exhaufting conflict ; and ftill lefs in the midft of it. I may efcape ; but I can make no infurance...
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Union Pamphlets, Volume 5

Ireland - 1799 - 576 pages
...with that of England, becaufe in all parts it is Britifli ftrength that isconfumed. I do not choofe to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhaufting conflift— and ftill lefs, in the midft of it. I may efcape— but I can make no infurance...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...along with our own ; becaufe in all parts it is the Britifh ftrength that I confume. I do not choofe to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhaufting conffict ; and ftill le£s in the midft of it. I may efcape ; but I can make no infurance...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhausting conflict 9 and still less in the midst of it. I may escape ; but I can make no insurance against such an event....
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at...the midst of it. I may escape ; but I can make no ensurance against such an event. Let me add, that I do not choose wholly to break the American spirit,...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at...exhausting conflict ; and still less in the midst of it. I mayescape ; but I can make no ensurance against such an event. L^t me add, that I do not choose wholly...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 18

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at...exhausting conflict ; and still less in the midst of it. 1 may escape ; but I can make no insurance against such an event. Let me add, that I do not choose...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at...because it is the spirit that has made the country. Lastly, we have no sort of experience in favour of force as an instrument in the rule of our colonies....
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...consume its strength along with our own ; because in all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at...because it is the spirit that has made the country. Lastly, we have no sort of experience in favour of force. as an instrument in the rule of our colonies....
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