The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... words . In a debate in the House of Commons , just " I was after the Gordon Riots , Burke told the House : - educated as a Protestant of the Church of England by a Dissenter , who was an honour to his sect , though that sect was ...
... words . In a debate in the House of Commons , just " I was after the Gordon Riots , Burke told the House : - educated as a Protestant of the Church of England by a Dissenter , who was an honour to his sect , though that sect was ...
Page xv
... words " give and grant , " which are words of supply , words of gift from the Commons and from nobody else . This Act was an attempt to raise a revenue in America , by direct taxation , without the consent of its people . This attempt ...
... words " give and grant , " which are words of supply , words of gift from the Commons and from nobody else . This Act was an attempt to raise a revenue in America , by direct taxation , without the consent of its people . This attempt ...
Page xx
... word " Coalition . " Burke joined the Administration , and again held office as Paymaster of the Forces . The object of Lord North and Fox was to put an end to every species of private cabal and Court intrigue , to form a Ministry which ...
... word " Coalition . " Burke joined the Administration , and again held office as Paymaster of the Forces . The object of Lord North and Fox was to put an end to every species of private cabal and Court intrigue , to form a Ministry which ...
Page xxii
... word Revolution , if by it is meant the dis- placement of a political ruler or governing body by an insurrection of the people . The Assembly of the States General on 5th May 1789 was no revolutionary act . The States General assembled ...
... word Revolution , if by it is meant the dis- placement of a political ruler or governing body by an insurrection of the people . The Assembly of the States General on 5th May 1789 was no revolutionary act . The States General assembled ...
Page xxiv
... words to the existing Government of France and to the majority of the French people is a lasting reflection on his judgment . In 1790 Burke published his Reflections on the French Revolution , a work which had a most extensive circu ...
... words to the existing Government of France and to the majority of the French people is a lasting reflection on his judgment . In 1790 Burke published his Reflections on the French Revolution , a work which had a most extensive circu ...
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