The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Հատոր 1G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... attend only to the noise of our discussions ; we read only the pro- ductions of party ; and how many wise men and enlightened citizens remain in silence ! We can no longer judge for ourselves , and a foreign observer only can decide for ...
... attend only to the noise of our discussions ; we read only the pro- ductions of party ; and how many wise men and enlightened citizens remain in silence ! We can no longer judge for ourselves , and a foreign observer only can decide for ...
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... attend the first rage of conquest . It will therefore be very reason- able to allow on their account as much as , added to the losses of the conqueror , may amount to a million of deaths , and then we shall see this conqueror , the ...
... attend the first rage of conquest . It will therefore be very reason- able to allow on their account as much as , added to the losses of the conqueror , may amount to a million of deaths , and then we shall see this conqueror , the ...
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... attend- ed by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , con- sumed vast multitudes almost every year for several centuries ; and the irruptions of the ...
... attend- ed by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , con- sumed vast multitudes almost every year for several centuries ; and the irruptions of the ...
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... attend the wasting of kingdoms , and sacking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their passions . I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just ... attended 18 A VINDICATION OF.
... attend the wasting of kingdoms , and sacking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their passions . I go upon a naked and moderate calculation , just ... attended 18 A VINDICATION OF.
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With a Memoir Edmund Burke. broils are so frequent , so cruel , and attended with consequences so deplorable . In a state of nature , it had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same ...
With a Memoir Edmund Burke. broils are so frequent , so cruel , and attended with consequences so deplorable . In a state of nature , it had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.