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" When I look, as I have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French King, I am sorry to say it, I see nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance, none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power, none of the wild struggles and plunges... "
The history of England, from the accession of George iii to 1783 - Page 199
by John Adolphus - 1810
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A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol: Previous to the ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1780 - 106 pages
...have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French king, I am forry to fay it, I fee nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...off from the capital of debt ; — no fufpenfion of interelt ; — no robbery under the name of loan ; — no raifing the value, no debafing the fubftance...
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The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Selected from the Writings ...

Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French king, I am forry to fay it, I fee nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...diftrefs ; no lopping off from the capital of debt ; no fufpenlion of intereft ; no robbery under the name of loan ; no raifmg the value, no debafing the fubftance...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French king, I am forry to fay it, I fee nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...intereft ; — no robbery under the name of loan ; — no railing the value, no clebafing the fubftance of the coin. I fee neither Louis the Fourteenth nor Louis...
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The History of England: From the Accession of King George the ..., Volume 3

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1802 - 630 pages
...reminded him of xxxvir. the obfervation of Pyrrhus, on reconnoitring , 7 ? 0 .the Roman camp : " thcfe barbarians have nothing barbarous in their difcipline."...bankrupt power; none of the wild ftruggles and plunges of delpotifm in diftrefs ; no lopping off from the capital of debt ; no fufpenfion of interelt ; no robbery...
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The History of England: From the Accession of King George the ..., Volume 3

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1802 - 626 pages
...nothing barbarous in their difcipline." In the. proceedings of the French king, there was no? thing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance ;...lopping off from the capital of debt; no fufpenfion qf intereft; no robbery under the name of loan; no raifing the value, no debafmg the fubftance of the...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 454 pages
...have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French king, I am forry to fay it, I fee nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...none of the wild ftruggles, and plunges, of defpotifm irt diftrefs; — no lopping off from the capital of debt; •—no fufpenfion of intereft ;— -no...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French king, I am forry to fay it, I fee nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance ; none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power 5 none of the wild ftruggles, and plunges, of dcfpotifm in diftrefs;— no lopping off from the capital...
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The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of ...

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1804 - 804 pages
...— " Here (to ufe th< eloquent language of a diitingiiifhed Member* of this Houfej " ЛЛЛ " fee nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...the bold frauds of bankrupt power; none of the wild fl '* and plunges of defpotifin in diftrefs; no lopping off from the o u tal of debt ; no fufpenfion...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French king, I am sorry to say it, I see nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...the bold frauds of bankrupt power ; none of the wild struggles, and plunges, of despotism in distress ; — no lopping off from the capital of debt -, —...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 492 pages
...all its parts—" Here (to use the eloquent language of a distinguished member of this house) we see nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance...the bold frauds of bankrupt power ; none of the wild struggles and plunges of despotism in distress; no lopping off from the capital of debt ; no suspension...
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