The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volum 1G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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Side x
... less plausible , many scrupled not to aver that the letters of JUNIUS came from the pen of BURKE , and we know that even the acute and penetrating mind of Johnson , actually hung in suspense upon the point , until BURKE himself ...
... less plausible , many scrupled not to aver that the letters of JUNIUS came from the pen of BURKE , and we know that even the acute and penetrating mind of Johnson , actually hung in suspense upon the point , until BURKE himself ...
Side xiii
... less regular in his attendance in the house ; in justifi- cation of which conduct , and at the same time to express his entire sense of the question then at issue , he wrote at the beginning of 1777 , a letter to the sheriffs of Bristol ...
... less regular in his attendance in the house ; in justifi- cation of which conduct , and at the same time to express his entire sense of the question then at issue , he wrote at the beginning of 1777 , a letter to the sheriffs of Bristol ...
Side xvi
... less therefore in the nation at large , were qualified by information to comprehend and appreciate . This was a serious disadvantage to the accused party , who saw that under such circumstances , the most justifiable and even praisewor ...
... less therefore in the nation at large , were qualified by information to comprehend and appreciate . This was a serious disadvantage to the accused party , who saw that under such circumstances , the most justifiable and even praisewor ...
Side xix
... less . This judgment was opposed by Dr. Willis , whose whole practice having been directed to mental diseases , gave superior weight to his opinion . Mr. BURKE , however strenuously contended that Willis was no better than an empiric ...
... less . This judgment was opposed by Dr. Willis , whose whole practice having been directed to mental diseases , gave superior weight to his opinion . Mr. BURKE , however strenuously contended that Willis was no better than an empiric ...
Side xxviii
... less than to rouse the nation from a state of despondency under difficulties , to confi- dence in its resources , and a vigorous ex- ertion of its powers , in a struggle , the glorious termination of which our politi- cal Nestor foresaw ...
... less than to rouse the nation from a state of despondency under difficulties , to confi- dence in its resources , and a vigorous ex- ertion of its powers , in a struggle , the glorious termination of which our politi- cal Nestor foresaw ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.