The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeNath. Cooke, 1854 - 316 pages |
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Page 64
... human nature is still further enfeebled by art and contrivance ? It must subvert government from the very foundation . It turns our public councils into the most mischievous cabals ; where the consideration is , not how the nation's ...
... human nature is still further enfeebled by art and contrivance ? It must subvert government from the very foundation . It turns our public councils into the most mischievous cabals ; where the consideration is , not how the nation's ...
Page 75
... sorts of religion as you find in your country ; there is a reasonable worship in them all . The others , the infidels , are outlaws of the constitution ; not of this country , but of the human race . They are never ,
... sorts of religion as you find in your country ; there is a reasonable worship in them all . The others , the infidels , are outlaws of the constitution ; not of this country , but of the human race . They are never ,
Page 76
Peter Burke. but of the human race . They are never , never to be supported , never to be tolerated . Under the systematic attacks of these people , I see some of the props of good government already begin to fail ; I see propagated ...
Peter Burke. but of the human race . They are never , never to be supported , never to be tolerated . Under the systematic attacks of these people , I see some of the props of good government already begin to fail ; I see propagated ...
Page 81
... human nature . This was the gifted son of Henry Lord Holland , Charles James Fox , the greatest of the champions of the Whigs . Henceforward Burke and he were to fight together the momentous cause of colonial America . A greater ...
... human nature . This was the gifted son of Henry Lord Holland , Charles James Fox , the greatest of the champions of the Whigs . Henceforward Burke and he were to fight together the momentous cause of colonial America . A greater ...
Page 89
... humanity , reason , and justice tell me I ought to do . " C In many of Burke's harangues , imagination occupies a great share , passion not a small one . The speech on American con- ciliation is one of calm wisdom , drawing from the ...
... humanity , reason , and justice tell me I ought to do . " C In many of Burke's harangues , imagination occupies a great share , passion not a small one . The speech on American con- ciliation is one of calm wisdom , drawing from the ...
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