The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assemblyG. Bell & sons, 1892 - Political science |
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... considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of unprofitable titles into a productive estate ; that it should lead to , and indeed almost compel , a provident administration of such sums of public ...
... considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of unprofitable titles into a productive estate ; that it should lead to , and indeed almost compel , a provident administration of such sums of public ...
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... considerable ex- pense , and most domineering influence . As his Majesty submits to appear in this state of subordination to himself , his loyal peers and faithful commons attend his royal trans- formations ; and are not so nice as to ...
... considerable ex- pense , and most domineering influence . As his Majesty submits to appear in this state of subordination to himself , his loyal peers and faithful commons attend his royal trans- formations ; and are not so nice as to ...
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... considerable , I believe , as many people have imagined ; and I conceive it would be unwise to screw it up to the utmost , or even to suffer bidders to enhance , according to their eagerness , the purchase of objects , wherein the ...
... considerable , I believe , as many people have imagined ; and I conceive it would be unwise to screw it up to the utmost , or even to suffer bidders to enhance , according to their eagerness , the purchase of objects , wherein the ...
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... considerable persons ; per- sons as unfit by their incapacity , as improper from their rank , to occupy such employments . They were held by patent , sometimes for life , and sometimes by inheritance . If my memory does not deceive me ...
... considerable persons ; per- sons as unfit by their incapacity , as improper from their rank , to occupy such employments . They were held by patent , sometimes for life , and sometimes by inheritance . If my memory does not deceive me ...
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... considerable reduction of influence , by taking away a private contract of an expensive nature . If the bank , which is a great corporation , and of course receives the least profits from the money in their custody , should of itself ...
... considerable reduction of influence , by taking away a private contract of an expensive nature . If the bank , which is a great corporation , and of course receives the least profits from the money in their custody , should of itself ...
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Page 560 - CHAUCER'S Poetical Works. With Poems formerly attributed to him. With a Memoir, Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary, by R. Bell. Improved edition, with Preliminary Essay by Rev. WW Skeat, MA Portrait. 4 vols.
Page 321 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 553 - Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.