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Page 256
... . One letter is written on the subject of a regicide peace . To these are added sundry papers connected with the history of our own reyo- lution - fragments and notes of specches delivered in parliament 256 BURKE'S WORKS .
... . One letter is written on the subject of a regicide peace . To these are added sundry papers connected with the history of our own reyo- lution - fragments and notes of specches delivered in parliament 256 BURKE'S WORKS .
Page 257
... regicide peace was written in answer to a pamphlet published by lord Auckland , in vindication of that measure , and by him transmitted to the author . This was some time in the year 1795 , after Mr. Burke had retired from parliament ...
... regicide peace was written in answer to a pamphlet published by lord Auckland , in vindication of that measure , and by him transmitted to the author . This was some time in the year 1795 , after Mr. Burke had retired from parliament ...
Page 259
... regicide . “ These con- quests eventually will be the cause of her destruction . " So that they , who hate the cause of usurpation , and dread the power of France under any form , are to wish her to be a conqueror , in order to ...
... regicide . “ These con- quests eventually will be the cause of her destruction . " So that they , who hate the cause of usurpation , and dread the power of France under any form , are to wish her to be a conqueror , in order to ...
Page 260
... regicide . But this empire is to be her ruin , and to take away all alarm and jealousy on the part of England , and to destroy her preponderance over the miserable remains of Europe . These are choice speculations , with which the ...
... regicide . But this empire is to be her ruin , and to take away all alarm and jealousy on the part of England , and to destroy her preponderance over the miserable remains of Europe . These are choice speculations , with which the ...
Page 261
... regicide , fraternity and friendship . But still our author considers the confession as a proof , that " truth is making its way into their bosoms . " No ! it is not making its way into their bosoms . It has forced its way into their ...
... regicide , fraternity and friendship . But still our author considers the confession as a proof , that " truth is making its way into their bosoms . " No ! it is not making its way into their bosoms . It has forced its way into their ...
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Page 179 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
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Page 164 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 174 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 647 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
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Page 163 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
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Page 383 - ... for these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised, on a liberal scale, which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.