The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellaniesG. Bell & sons, 1887 |
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Page 357
... Italy has its place as in circumstances somewhat similar . Germany . As to Germany , ( in which , from their relation to the emperor , I comprehend the Belgic pro- vinces , ) it appears to me to be from several circumstances , internal ...
... Italy has its place as in circumstances somewhat similar . Germany . As to Germany , ( in which , from their relation to the emperor , I comprehend the Belgic pro- vinces , ) it appears to me to be from several circumstances , internal ...
Page 363
Edmund Burke. Bourbon princes ir Italy . so , in this new French empire of sedition , if once she gets that key into her hands , she can easily lay open the barrier which hinders the entrance of her present politics into that inviting ...
Edmund Burke. Bourbon princes ir Italy . so , in this new French empire of sedition , if once she gets that key into her hands , she can easily lay open the barrier which hinders the entrance of her present politics into that inviting ...
Page 395
... Italy to force it to a nominal neutrality , but to a real dependence - to compel the Italian princes and republics to admit the free entrance of the French commerce , an open intercourse , and , the sure concomitant of that intercourse ...
... Italy to force it to a nominal neutrality , but to a real dependence - to compel the Italian princes and republics to admit the free entrance of the French commerce , an open intercourse , and , the sure concomitant of that intercourse ...
Page 405
... Italy and Germany ; the natural balance against the ambition of France , whether republican or monarchical . His ministers and his generals , therefore , ought to have had their full share in every material consultation , which I ...
... Italy and Germany ; the natural balance against the ambition of France , whether republican or monarchical . His ministers and his generals , therefore , ought to have had their full share in every material consultation , which I ...
Page 424
... Italians- others they hate and dread ; such are the German and Da- nubian powers . At best such interposition of ancient enemies excites apprehension ; but in this case , how can they suppose that we come to maintain their legitimate ...
... Italians- others they hate and dread ; such are the German and Da- nubian powers . At best such interposition of ancient enemies excites apprehension ; but in this case , how can they suppose that we come to maintain their legitimate ...
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Page 541 - History of the House of Austria. From the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh to the Death of Leopold II., 1218-1792.
Page 344 - It was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance ; and as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement, in them, of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.
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Page 158 - For eighteen months without intermission this destruction raged from the gates of Madras to the gates of Tanjore ; and so completely did these masters in their art, Hyder Ali and his more ferocious son, absolve themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did, the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One...