The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Illustrated in a Series of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches; with a Summary of His LifeE. Moxon, 1845 - 426 ページ |
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... monarchs condescended to read and patronise a book , which promised to be an effectual safeguard to their thrones . The Emperor of Germany , the Princes of the House of Bourbon , Catherine of Russia , Stanis- laus of Poland , George the ...
... monarchs condescended to read and patronise a book , which promised to be an effectual safeguard to their thrones . The Emperor of Germany , the Princes of the House of Bourbon , Catherine of Russia , Stanis- laus of Poland , George the ...
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... monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring coun- tries ? At some time or other , to be sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all ...
... monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring coun- tries ? At some time or other , to be sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all ...
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... monarchy , and that they might pre- serve a close conformity to the practice of their ancestors , as it appeared in the declaratory statutes of Queen Mary * and Queen Elizabeth , in the next clause they vest , by recognition , in their ...
... monarchy , and that they might pre- serve a close conformity to the practice of their ancestors , as it appeared in the declaratory statutes of Queen Mary * and Queen Elizabeth , in the next clause they vest , by recognition , in their ...
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... monarchy , and every other part of their constitution . However , they did not think such bold changes within their commission . It is indeed difficult , perhaps impossible , to give limits to the mere abstract competence of the supreme ...
... monarchy , and every other part of their constitution . However , they did not think such bold changes within their commission . It is indeed difficult , perhaps impossible , to give limits to the mere abstract competence of the supreme ...
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... monarchy . By as strong , or by a stronger reason , the house of commons cannot renounce its share of authority . The engagement and pact of society , which generally goes by the name of the constitution , forbids such invasion and such ...
... monarchy . By as strong , or by a stronger reason , the house of commons cannot renounce its share of authority . The engagement and pact of society , which generally goes by the name of the constitution , forbids such invasion and such ...
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149 ページ - I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in ; glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy...
17 ページ - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
48 ページ - But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment; which he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
355 ページ - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
47 ページ - 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.
411 ページ - We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
410 ページ - It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
11 ページ - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
351 ページ - When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
80 ページ - Sir, I think you must perceive that I am resolved this day to have nothing at all to do with the question of the right of taxation. Some gentlemen startle, but it is true. I put it totally out of the question. It is less than nothing in my consideration.