Annual Register, Volume 99Edmund Burke 1858 - History |
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... believed that if we had not inter- fered with our august ally at all the whole matter would have been settled more speedily and amicably . But Lord Palmerston had such a peculiar skill in getting out of a difficulty that he seemed to ...
... believed that if we had not inter- fered with our august ally at all the whole matter would have been settled more speedily and amicably . But Lord Palmerston had such a peculiar skill in getting out of a difficulty that he seemed to ...
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... believed it was the consequence of instructions from home , sent out some time ago . The House , he thought , would do well to curb and control the power of the Minister to pursue such a system as he had sketched , so dangerous to the ...
... believed it was the consequence of instructions from home , sent out some time ago . The House , he thought , would do well to curb and control the power of the Minister to pursue such a system as he had sketched , so dangerous to the ...
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... believed the King would at once have assented . The course actually pursued had been abortive , and had made things worse than before . He described the deplorable condition of the Papal States under foreign occupa- tion , and asked why ...
... believed the King would at once have assented . The course actually pursued had been abortive , and had made things worse than before . He described the deplorable condition of the Papal States under foreign occupa- tion , and asked why ...
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... believed was exaggerated , but not without foundation ; and that the punishment under sentences of penal servitude was not made suf- ficiently severe , He thought the inference which the public would draw from the comparison between the ...
... believed was exaggerated , but not without foundation ; and that the punishment under sentences of penal servitude was not made suf- ficiently severe , He thought the inference which the public would draw from the comparison between the ...
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... . Looking at the question in this light , he believed this to be a measure that might be most safely introduced , and he did not highest principles of morality . The College was created for England . ] [ 21 HISTORY .
... . Looking at the question in this light , he believed this to be a measure that might be most safely introduced , and he did not highest principles of morality . The College was created for England . ] [ 21 HISTORY .
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