[Burke by John Morley]@TWC D-Link bookBurke CHAPTER IX 19/51
Those who sympathised with it in England must be gagged, and if gagging did not suffice, they must be taught respect for the constitution in dungeons and on the gallows.
His cry for war abroad and harsh coercion at home waxed louder every day.
As Fox said, it was lucky that Burke took the royal side in the Revolution, for his violence would certainly have got him hanged if he had happened to take the other side. It was in the early summer of 1792 that Miss Burney again met Burke at Mrs.Crewe's villa at Hampstead.
He entered into an animated conversation on Lord Macartney and the Chinese expedition, reviving all the old enthusiasm of his companion by his allusions and anecdotes, his brilliant fancies and wide information.
When politics were introduced, he spoke with an eagerness and a vehemence that instantly banished the graces, though it redoubled the energies of his discourse.
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