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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 86
Page 2
... course of this unhappy contest may fall into the hands of the crown . They are therefore to be detained in prison , under the criminal description of piracy , to a future trial and ignominious punishment , whenever cir- cumstances shall ...
... course of this unhappy contest may fall into the hands of the crown . They are therefore to be detained in prison , under the criminal description of piracy , to a future trial and ignominious punishment , whenever cir- cumstances shall ...
Page 4
... course of violence and oppres- sion . They were invented for this one good purpose , that what was not just should not be convenient . Convinced of this , I would leave things as I found them . The old , cool- headed , general law , is ...
... course of violence and oppres- sion . They were invented for this one good purpose , that what was not just should not be convenient . Convinced of this , I would leave things as I found them . The old , cool- headed , general law , is ...
Page 9
... course to be in favour of Great Britain . Good and ill success are equally admitted as reasons for persevering in the present methods . Several very prudent , and very well - intentioned , persons were of opinion , that during the ...
... course to be in favour of Great Britain . Good and ill success are equally admitted as reasons for persevering in the present methods . Several very prudent , and very well - intentioned , persons were of opinion , that during the ...
Page 13
... course of the last year . Whether you are yet wholly out of danger from them , is more than I know , or than your ... courses . A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood . He would feel some appre- hension at being ...
... course of the last year . Whether you are yet wholly out of danger from them , is more than I know , or than your ... courses . A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood . He would feel some appre- hension at being ...
Page 17
... course . Far from concealing these wild declarations of enmity , the author of the celebrated pamphlet , which prepared the minds of the people for independence , insists largely on the multi- tude and the spirit of these addresses ...
... course . Far from concealing these wild declarations of enmity , the author of the celebrated pamphlet , which prepared the minds of the people for independence , insists largely on the multi- tude and the spirit of these addresses ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuse act of parliament affairs ancient army assignats authority better bill blue riband body called cause charter church civil civil list conduct confiscation constitution corrupt court crimes crown duty East-India Company Edition effect England English establishment estates evil execution executive government favour France gentlemen give hands honour House of Commons House of Lords human Hyder Ali India interest Ireland justice king kingdom land liberty Lord Majesty Majesty's mankind manner means members of parliament Memoir ment military mind ministers monarchy moral Nabob National Assembly nature never object obliged Old Jewry opinion oppression parliament pension persons political polygars Portrait possession present prince principles proceedings reason reform religion revenue Revolution ruin scheme sort sovereign spirit suffer things thought tion Trans treaty trust tyranny virtue vols whilst whole wholly wish Woodcuts
Popular passages
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.