Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 126 pages of information about Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America.

Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 126 pages of information about Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America.

[Footnote:  62.  An Act for the better regulating See 87, 23. ]

[Footnote:  63.  Trial of Treasons See 50, 20.]

[Footnote:  64. de jure.  According to law. de facto.  According to fact.]

[Footnote:  65. jewel of his soul.

     “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
     Is the immediate jewel of their souls”
     —­Othello, iii, iii, 155,156.]

[Footnote:  66. proposition of a ransom.  See 8, 13.]

[Footnote:  67.  An experiment upon something of no value.]

[Footnote:  68.  They stake their fortune and play.]

[Footnote:  69.  Such a presumption Is Burke right in this?  Select instances which seem to warrant rest such a presumption.  Discuss the political parties of Burke’s own day from this point of view.]

[Footnote:  70.  What can you say about the style of this passage?  Note the figure, sentence structure, and diction.  Does it seem artificial and overwrought?  Compare it with 43, 22-25; 44. 1-6; also with 90, 23-25, 91, 1-25, 92, 1-23.]

[Footnote:  71. enemies.  France and Spain.]

[Footnote:  72. light as air.

“Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ”
—­Othello, iii, iii, 322-324]

[Footnote:  73. grapple to you. 
  “The friends thou hast and their adoption tried
  Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel”
           —­Hamlet, I., iii, 62,63.]

[Footnote:  74. the cement is gone.  Figure?]

[Footnote:  75. profane herd.

“Odi profanum volgus et arceo”
I hate the vulgar herd and keep it from me
—­Horace, Odes, iii, 1, 1]

[Footnote:  76.  Magnanimity.  Etymology?]

[Footnote:  77. auspicate Etymology and derivation?]

[Footnote:  78.  Sursum corda.  Lift up your hearts.]

[Footnote:  79. quod felix faustumque sit.  May it be happy and fortunate.]

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