 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 106 pages
...affe<5t national ftrength and national credit) fo very difficult, as to become next to impracticable. But what, I confefs, was uppermoft with me,' •what I...the reduction of that corrupt influence, which is ttfelf the perennial fpring of all prodigality, and of all diforder; which loads us, more than millions... | |
 | George Rous - 1791 - 150 pages
...Burke, at a period long fubfequent, thus defcribes:. " But * what I confefs was uppermoft vvith ** me, what I bent the whole force of my ** mind to, was the reduction of that cor" rupt influence, which is itjelf the perennial " JPrtnB °fa^ prodigality, and of all difor" der... | |
 | Thomas Walker - 1794 - 336 pages
...Civil and other Eftablifh" ments," made this animated declaration, — " What I con" fefs was uppermnft with me, 'what I bent the whole force of "my mind...the reduction of that corrupt influence, which " is if/elf the perennial fpring of all prodigality, and of all dif" order ; which loads us more than millions... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1794 - 466 pages
...decay and duTolu'" tibn." The effefts Mr. Burke, at a period long fubfequent, thus defcribes : " But * what I confefs was uppermoft with ** me, what I bent the whole force of my. il mind to, was the redu&ion of that cor" rupt influence, which is itjelf the perennial *' Jpring of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1801 - 368 pages
...ftrength and national credit) fo very difficult, as to become next to impracticable. But what, I confcfs, was uppermoft with me, what I bent the whole force...mind to, was the reduction of that corrupt influence, whicTi is itfelf the perennial fpring of all prodigality, and of all diforder ; which loads us, more... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 454 pages
...affect national ftrength and national credit) fo very difficult, as to become next to impracticable. But what, I confefs, was uppermoft with me, what I bent...the reduction of that corrupt influence, which is itfclf the perennial fpring of all prodigality, and of all diforder ; which loads us, more than millions... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 452 pages
...credit) fo very difficult, as to become next to impracticable. But what, I confefs, was upper moft with me, what I bent the whole force of my mind to, was the reduftion t)f that corrupt influence, which is Q 4 itfelf itfelf the perennial fpring of all prodigality,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 560 pages
...national credit) so very difficult, as to become next to impracticable; But what, I confess, was uppermost with me, what I bent the whole force of my mind to,...the reduction of that corrupt influence, which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder ; which loads us, more than millions... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 492 pages
...the reform of the houshold. " But what I confess was uppermost with me, what I bent the whole course of my mind to, was the reduction of that corrupt influence which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality and disorder ; which loads us more than millions of... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 484 pages
...the reform of the houshold. " But what I confess was uppermost with me, what I bent the whole course of my mind to, was the reduction of that corrupt influence which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality and disorder ; which loads us more than millions of... | |
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But what, I confess, was uppermost with me, what I bent the whole force of my mind to, was the reduction of that corrupt influence, which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder... 
