The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... they entreated his Majesty to cause persons , charged with high treason in America , to be brought into this kingdom for trial : By this act of Henry the Eighth , so construed and so B 2 . LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 3.
... they entreated his Majesty to cause persons , charged with high treason in America , to be brought into this kingdom for trial : By this act of Henry the Eighth , so construed and so B 2 . LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 3.
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... cause of the war ought to be offered by the authority of parliament . An arrangement at home promising some security for them ought to be made . By doing this , without the least impairing of our strength , we add to the credit of our ...
... cause of the war ought to be offered by the authority of parliament . An arrangement at home promising some security for them ought to be made . By doing this , without the least impairing of our strength , we add to the credit of our ...
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... cause of administration . Were they instantly restored . to trade ? Are they yet restored to it ? Is not the benig- nity of two commissioners , naturally most humane and gener- ous men , some way fettered by instructions , equally ...
... cause of administration . Were they instantly restored . to trade ? Are they yet restored to it ? Is not the benig- nity of two commissioners , naturally most humane and gener- ous men , some way fettered by instructions , equally ...
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... cause of fear , if the inferior body can be made to believe , that the party inclination , or political views , of several in the principal state , will induce them in some degree to counteract this blind and tyrannical partiality ...
... cause of fear , if the inferior body can be made to believe , that the party inclination , or political views , of several in the principal state , will induce them in some degree to counteract this blind and tyrannical partiality ...
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... cause of the dispute was lost in the consequences . The people of England were then , as they are now , called upon to make government strong . They thought it a great deal better to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 223.
... cause of the dispute was lost in the consequences . The people of England were then , as they are now , called upon to make government strong . They thought it a great deal better to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 223.
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