The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volumen1G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... sense enough to perceive that it was in fact nothing more than a temporary piece of policy , intended to last just as long and no longer than as it suited the purposes of the con- trivers . There were various opinions as to the direct ...
... sense enough to perceive that it was in fact nothing more than a temporary piece of policy , intended to last just as long and no longer than as it suited the purposes of the con- trivers . There were various opinions as to the direct ...
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... sense of the question then at issue , he wrote at the beginning of 1777 , a letter to the sheriffs of Bristol , which was soon afterwards printed with the consent , and most proba- bly at the desire of the author . Hitherto perfect ...
... sense of the question then at issue , he wrote at the beginning of 1777 , a letter to the sheriffs of Bristol , which was soon afterwards printed with the consent , and most proba- bly at the desire of the author . Hitherto perfect ...
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... sense of its own weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most excellent and venerable ; that it would ...
... sense of its own weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most excellent and venerable ; that it would ...
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... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . - In ...
... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . - In ...
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... sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to expound the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; as words multiplied , op- portunities of cavilling upon ...
... sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to expound the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; as words multiplied , op- portunities of cavilling upon ...
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Página xii - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.
Página 479 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Página 246 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship freedom, they will turn their faces towards you.
Página 246 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Página 488 - As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Página 226 - First, sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again, and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.
Página xxix - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Página 478 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Página 228 - Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. . Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execution ; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point is enough to defeat a whole system.
Página 219 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinion high respect ; their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasure, his satisfactions, to theirs ; and, above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interest to his own.