The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 6Little, Brown,, 1866 - Great Britain |
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... Majesty , far from thinking monarchy in France to be a greater object of jealousy than the Regicide usurpation , calls upon the French to reëstablish " a monarchical gov- ernment " for the purpose of shaking off " the yoke of a ...
... Majesty , far from thinking monarchy in France to be a greater object of jealousy than the Regicide usurpation , calls upon the French to reëstablish " a monarchical gov- ernment " for the purpose of shaking off " the yoke of a ...
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... majesty of his throne ? The sen- timents of these declarations are the very reverse : they could not be other ... Majesty does not hesitate to declare that " the reëstablishment of monarchy , in the person of Louis the Seventeenth , and ...
... majesty of his throne ? The sen- timents of these declarations are the very reverse : they could not be other ... Majesty does not hesitate to declare that " the reëstablishment of monarchy , in the person of Louis the Seventeenth , and ...
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... Majesty , and the descendants of the pious , though high - minded , Maria Theresa . He was sent to humble the whole race of Austria before those grim assassins , reeking with the blood of the daughter of Maria Theresa , whom they sent ...
... Majesty , and the descendants of the pious , though high - minded , Maria Theresa . He was sent to humble the whole race of Austria before those grim assassins , reeking with the blood of the daughter of Maria Theresa , whom they sent ...
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... majesty of a monarch cannot be allied with contempt . Men would reason , not unplausibly , that it would be better to get rid of the monarchy at once than to suffer that which was instituted , and well instituted , to support the glory ...
... majesty of a monarch cannot be allied with contempt . Men would reason , not unplausibly , that it would be better to get rid of the monarchy at once than to suffer that which was instituted , and well instituted , to support the glory ...
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... Majesty , his Faithful Majesty , and the King , Defender of the Faith , added to that unhal- lowed and impious fraternity . The noble author has glimpses of the consequences of peace , as well as I. He feels for the colonies of Great ...
... Majesty , his Faithful Majesty , and the King , Defender of the Faith , added to that unhal- lowed and impious fraternity . The noble author has glimpses of the consequences of peace , as well as I. He feels for the colonies of Great ...
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Page 49 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 347 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...
Page 324 - It would be hard to point out any error more truly subversive of all the order and beauty, of all the peace and happiness, of human society, than the position, that any body of men have a right to make what laws they please ; or that laws can derive any authority from their institution merely and independent of the quality of the subject-matter. No arguments of policy, reason of state, or preservation of the constitution, can be pleaded in favour of such a practice.
Page 64 - As fine as daubers' hands can make it, In hopes that strangers may mistake it ; We think it both a shame and sin To quit the good old Angel Inn.
Page 324 - VI. 21 should bo themselves the chief sufferers by it; because it would be made against the principle of a superior law, which it is not in the power of any community, or of the whole race of man, to alter...
Page 381 - ... strength, which, to that hour, Ireland was never so happy as to enjoy. My sanguine hopes are blasted, and I must consign my feelings, on that terrible disappointment, to the same patience in which I have been obliged to bury the vexation I suffered on the defeat of the other great, just, and honorable causes in which I have had some share ; and which have given more of dignity, than of peace and advantage, to a long laborious life.
Page 180 - ... it was not because a positive law authorized what was then done, but because the freedom and safety of the subject, the origin and cause of all laws, required a proceeding paramount and superior to them. At that ever memorable and instructive period, the letter of the law was superseded in favor of the substance of liberty.
Page 348 - ... provided also, that no person whatsoever shall have or enjoy the benefit of this article, that shall neglect or refuse to take the oath of allegiance, made by act of parliament in England, in the first year of the reign of their present majesties, when thereunto required.
Page 223 - Government influence ; that the business of a minister, or of those who acted as such, had been still further to contract the narrowness of men's ideas, to confirm inveterate prejudices, to inflame vulgar passions, and to abet all sorts of popular absurdities...
Page 178 - That the establishment of such a power in America will utterly ruin our finances (though its certain effect) is the smallest part of our concern. It will become an apt, powerful, and certain engine for the destruction of our freedom here.