 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Is a politic act the worse ibr being a generous one ? Is no concession proper, but...keep what you grant ? Or does it lessen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercise of an odious claim, because you have your evidence-room full... | |
 | 1775 - 868 pages
...juftice, tells me, I ought to do. Is a politick att the worle for being a generous one? Is no conceffion proper, but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant: Or does it leilen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercife of an odious claim, becaufe you have your evidence-room... | |
 | 1776 - 632 pages
...jußice, tells me, I ought to do. Is a politic aft the work for being a generous one ? Is no conceffion proper, but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant? Or does it It-ill n the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercife of an odious claim, becaufe you have your... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...juftice, tell me, I ought .to do. Is a politic act the worfe for being a generous one ? Is no conceffion proper, but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does it lefTen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercife of an odious claim, becaufe you have your evidence-room... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...juftice, tell me, I ought to do. Is a politick act the worfe for being a generous one ? Is no conceffion proper, but that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does it leffen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercife of an odious claim, becaufc you have your evidence-room... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...politick act the worfe for being a generous one ? Is no conceffion proper, but that which is rnade from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does it leflen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercife of an odious claim, becaufe you have your evidence-room... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...that which is made from your want of right to keep what you grant ? Or does it lessen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercise of an odious claim, because you have your evidence-room full 6f titles-, and your magazines stuffed with arms to enforce them ? What signify all those titles, and... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...tells me, I may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me, I ought to do. Is a politick act the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession...to keep what you grant? Or does it lessen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercise of an odious claim, because you have your evidence room full... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...tells me, I may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me, I ought to do. Is a politick act the worse for being a generous one ? Is no concession...to keep what you grant? Or does it lessen the grace or dignity of relaxing in .the exercise of an odious claim, because you have your evidence room full... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...tells me, I may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me, I ought to do. Is a politic act the worse for being a generous one? Is no concession...to keep what you grant? Or does it lessen the grace or dignity of relaxing in the exercise 505] 15 GEORGE III. Debate on Mr. Burkc's Resolutions the House... | |
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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. Is... 
