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... proposals as he had done of arrogance in his demands ; but as all these proposals were vitiated by the taint of that servitude with which they were all mixed , his negociation came to nothing . " He grounded these monstrous claims ...
... proposals as he had done of arrogance in his demands ; but as all these proposals were vitiated by the taint of that servitude with which they were all mixed , his negociation came to nothing . " He grounded these monstrous claims ...
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... proposed the most extravagant terms to the Ministry . By the skilful negociations of Mr. Burke , however , he was again induced to retire from the kingdom , with a small gratuity . Parliament was prorogued in June , and in July the ...
... proposed the most extravagant terms to the Ministry . By the skilful negociations of Mr. Burke , however , he was again induced to retire from the kingdom , with a small gratuity . Parliament was prorogued in June , and in July the ...
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... proposed by Mr. Flood in the Irish parliament , to impose a tax on absentees , -a measure which was approved by govern- ment . Sir Charles Bingham wrote to Mr. Burke for his opinion ; this he gave against it , in the strongest manner ...
... proposed by Mr. Flood in the Irish parliament , to impose a tax on absentees , -a measure which was approved by govern- ment . Sir Charles Bingham wrote to Mr. Burke for his opinion ; this he gave against it , in the strongest manner ...
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... proposed a measure of conciliation . He was acknowledged to be an estimable and enlightened man ; but the defects of his elo- C quence were , at least , as conspicuous as any BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... proposed a measure of conciliation . He was acknowledged to be an estimable and enlightened man ; but the defects of his elo- C quence were , at least , as conspicuous as any BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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... proposed a plan of conciliation almost wholly founded on the very scheme of Mr. Burke rejected three years before . But the opportune moment had gone by ; America would no longer listen to it ; she would no longer be a mere colony ...
... proposed a plan of conciliation almost wholly founded on the very scheme of Mr. Burke rejected three years before . But the opportune moment had gone by ; America would no longer listen to it ; she would no longer be a mere colony ...
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Page 186 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page liv - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. We balance inconveniences; we give and take; we remit some rights that we may enjoy others ; and, we choose rather to be happy citizens than subtle disputants.
Page lxvi - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the Antipodes and engaged under the frozen Serpent of the south.
Page 180 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 204 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire, and have made the most extensive and the only honorable conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race.
Page 332 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 188 - Nothing worse happens to you than does to all nations who have extensive empire; and it happens in all the forms into which empire can be thrown. In large bodies, the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities. Nature has said it. The Turk cannot govern Egypt, and Arabia, and...
Page liii - 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.
Page liii - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable ; but whether it is / not your interest to make them happy. It is not, what a lawyer tells me I may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me I ought to do.
Page 332 - When at length Hyder Ali found, that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty, and no signature, could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind.