Annual Register, Volume 46Edmund Burke 1805 - History |
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... duty ; but that it was the misfortune of the times in which it was our lot to live , that we were not permitted to enjoy our lives , our liberties , and our posses- sions , without being daily called upon to make sacrifices of some of ...
... duty ; but that it was the misfortune of the times in which it was our lot to live , that we were not permitted to enjoy our lives , our liberties , and our posses- sions , without being daily called upon to make sacrifices of some of ...
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... duty to do so , and it would be for the wisdom of the legislature to decide on its policy . If there were any charges to be brought against the Irish government for negligence and want of precaution , he should wish those charges to be ...
... duty to do so , and it would be for the wisdom of the legislature to decide on its policy . If there were any charges to be brought against the Irish government for negligence and want of precaution , he should wish those charges to be ...
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... duty to speak of them , he hoped it would be understood that it was of the volunteer system he spoke , and not of the individuals of which it was composed . He could not indeed pretend to speak slight- ingly of 400,000 individuals , con ...
... duty to speak of them , he hoped it would be understood that it was of the volunteer system he spoke , and not of the individuals of which it was composed . He could not indeed pretend to speak slight- ingly of 400,000 individuals , con ...
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... still more to blame . - The prince of Wales had very handsomely made an offer of his services , which were not only not accepted , but nothing was done rather appeared his duty to have had the garrison in C 3 to HISTORY OF EUROPE . 21.
... still more to blame . - The prince of Wales had very handsomely made an offer of his services , which were not only not accepted , but nothing was done rather appeared his duty to have had the garrison in C 3 to HISTORY OF EUROPE . 21.
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... duty of the com- mander in chief to take the military precautions that were necessary . Although the insurrection of that day was contemptible , yet the con- spiracy existing was formidable , and fully justified the measures which had ...
... duty of the com- mander in chief to take the military precautions that were necessary . Although the insurrection of that day was contemptible , yet the con- spiracy existing was formidable , and fully justified the measures which had ...
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Page 104 - ... GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE Hagerman Collection HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE JAMES J. HAGERMAN OF CLASS OF '61 IN THE HANDS OF Professor Charles Kendall Adams. 1883. HA' ) = ..R887 JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON.
Page 882 - On the morning of that day, his attendants, alarmed at the evident symptoms of approaching dissolution, came precipitately to call the friend who has now the melancholy task of recording the mournful event: not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation ; and the only symptom of remaining life, was a small degree of motion in the heart, which after a few seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan.
Page 484 - Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Page 855 - ... society. Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations, and to endanger the peace of our own is so obvious, that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future.