The state of the nation, in a series of letters to the duke of Bedford1805 |
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... question in the science of govern- ment , and not a sacrifice of principle for keeping his place ; for , no sooner had he got the faction behind the throne out of their American scrape , and through the evil counsel of a friend , whose ...
... question in the science of govern- ment , and not a sacrifice of principle for keeping his place ; for , no sooner had he got the faction behind the throne out of their American scrape , and through the evil counsel of a friend , whose ...
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... question : what mean we by a strong government ? Now , to this question , two very different answers will be given . The Bub Doddingtons of the day , are at this very moment telling us , we must put the direction of our affairs into the ...
... question : what mean we by a strong government ? Now , to this question , two very different answers will be given . The Bub Doddingtons of the day , are at this very moment telling us , we must put the direction of our affairs into the ...
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... questions ought to be procured . " 2 Mr. Burke's object in saying all this was completely factious . He aimed at nothing more than to raise a popular cry , for forcing his own party into power : but I repeat it , in hopes of restoring ...
... questions ought to be procured . " 2 Mr. Burke's object in saying all this was completely factious . He aimed at nothing more than to raise a popular cry , for forcing his own party into power : but I repeat it , in hopes of restoring ...
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... questions of importance , let us advert to the pro- minent consequences of that war . LETTER IV . MY LORD , THE lives sacrificed in that unjustifiable war , must have contributed to have weakened our population ; but much more so the ...
... questions of importance , let us advert to the pro- minent consequences of that war . LETTER IV . MY LORD , THE lives sacrificed in that unjustifiable war , must have contributed to have weakened our population ; but much more so the ...
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... question that in any period of English his- tory ever agitated our nation ; namely , that which re- spects a reform in our parliamentary representation , and the duration of parliaments : I say the most important question , and I say it ...
... question that in any period of English his- tory ever agitated our nation ; namely , that which re- spects a reform in our parliamentary representation , and the duration of parliaments : I say the most important question , and I say it ...
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