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Maxims and Opinions: Moral, Political, and Economical, with Characters from ... - Page 128
by Edmund Burke - 1804
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Famous Speeches

Herbert Woodfield Paul - Great Britain - 1911 - 478 pages
...composed and at rest, from their conduct or their expressions in a state of disturbance and irritation. It is, besides, a very great mistake to imagine that...any speculative principle, either of government or freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation. We Englishmen stop very short of the...
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Syntax des heutigen englisch, Part 1

Gustav Wendt - English language - 1911 - 352 pages
...Berucksichtigung von Satz 28 und 31 — ebenso zulassig. any — verstorkt durch den weiteren Begriff: 32. We Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of our const ution. (Burke.) 33. No colony, since that time, ever has had any requisition whatsoever made...
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How to Argue Successfully: An Exposition of the Principles and Methods of ...

W. Macpherson - Debates and debating - 1914 - 130 pages
...way, or in any cool hour, gone much beyond the demand of immunity in relation to taxes " ; and that " it is besides a very great mistake to imagine that...far as it will go in argument and logical illation." Lord North's proposals, made in a bill introduced on 27th February 1775, and subsequently carried,...
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Cyclopedia of American Government, Volume 1

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1914 - 776 pages
...OF. SL COMPROMISE. Compromise is the very essence of government. "It is a great mistake," says Burke, "to imagine that mankind follow up practically any...far as it will go in argument and logical illation. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act is founded...
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Oratory, British and Irish: The Great Age (from the Accession of George the ...

Godfrey Locker Lampson - Great Britain - 1918 - 628 pages
...composed and at rest, from their conduct, or their expressions, in a state of disturbance and irritation. It is besides a very great mistake to imagine, that...constitution ; or even the whole of it together. I could 1 ' . . . Tollas licet omiie quod usquam eat Auri atque argenti, sent urn gladiumque relinque* Et jaculum...
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Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America

Edmund Burke - United States - 1920 - 136 pages
...composed and at rest, from their conduct or their expressions in a state of disturbance and irritation. It is besides a very great mistake to imagine that...freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation.232 We Englishmen stop very short of the principles upon which we support any given part of...
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Burke on Conciliation with the Colonies

Edmund Burke - United States - 1920 - 118 pages
...composed and at rest, from their conduct or their expressions in a state of disturbance and irritation. It is besides a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow up practically any speculative prin15 ciple, either of government or of freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation....
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The Works of Lord Morley, Volume 3

John Morley - 1921 - 186 pages
...Revolution is alleged, and quite unreasonably alleged, to have alienated him from liberalism : " it is a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow...far as it will go in argument and logical illation. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded...
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The Works of Lord Morley, Volume 3

John Morley - 1921 - 188 pages
...Revolution is alleged, and quite unreasonably alleged, to have alienated him from liberalism : " it is a very great mistake to imagine that mankind follow...far as it will go in argument and logical illation. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded...
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Classified Models of Speech Composition: Ninety-five Complete Speeches

James Milton O'Neill - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1921 - 880 pages
...composed and at rest, from their conduct or their expressions in a state of disturbance and irritation. It is, besides, a very great mistake to imagine that...any speculative principle, either of government or freedom, as far as it will go in argument and logical illation. We Englishmen stop very short of the...
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