 For, in order to prove that the Americans have no right to their liberties, we are every day endeavoring to subvert the maxims which preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the...  Orations from Homer to William McKinley - Page 2143edited by - 1902 - 11114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the valae of freedom itself; and we never seem to gain a paltry advantage o'-er them in debate, without attacking some of those principles, or deriding some of those feelings,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...deriding forme of thxafe feelings, for which our anceftors have fried their blood. But, Sir, in wifhing to put an end* to pernicious experiments, I do. not mean to preclude the fulleft enquiry. Far from it. Far from deciding on a fudden or partial view, I would patiently go round... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...deriding fome of thofe feelings, for which our anceftors have fhed their blood. . • But, Sir, in wifhing to put an end to pernicious experiments, I do not mean to preclude the fulleft enquiry. Far from it. Far from deciding on a fudden or partial view, I would patiently go round... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself ; and we...it. Far from deciding on a sudden or partial view, I would patiently go round and round the subject, and survey it minutely in every possible aspect.... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself; and we...it. Far from deciding on a sudden or partial view, I would patiently go round and round the subject, and survey it minutely in every possible aspect.... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself; and we...it. Far from deciding on a sudden or partial view, I would patiently go round and round the subject, and survey it minutely in every possible aspect.... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself; and we...in wishing to put an end to pernicious experiments, 1 do not mean to preclude the fullest enquiry. Far from it. Far from deciding on a sudden or partial... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself; and we never seem to gain e paltry advantage over them in debate, without attacking some of those principles, or deriding some... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself ; and we...experiments, I do not mean to preclude the fullest enquiry. Far from it. Far from deciding on a sudden or partial view, I would patiently go round and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...preserve the whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself; and we...it. Far from deciding on a sudden or partial view, I would patiently go round and round the subject, and survey it minutely in every possible aspect.... | |
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