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In the year 1769 , parliament thought proper to acquaint the crown with their
construction of that act in a formal address , wherein they entreated his Majesty to
cause persons , charged with high treason in America , to be brought into this ...
In the year 1769 , parliament thought proper to acquaint the crown with their
construction of that act in a formal address , wherein they entreated his Majesty to
cause persons , charged with high treason in America , to be brought into this ...
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... and overturning their franchises without charge or hearing . God forbid that
England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! ·
War is at present carried on between the king ' s natural and foreign troops on
one ...
... and overturning their franchises without charge or hearing . God forbid that
England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! ·
War is at present carried on between the king ' s natural and foreign troops on
one ...
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They have all the merit of volunteers , without risk of person or charge of
contribution ; and when the unfeeling arm of a foreign soldiery pours out their
kindred blood like water , they exult and triumph as if they themselves had
performed some ...
They have all the merit of volunteers , without risk of person or charge of
contribution ; and when the unfeeling arm of a foreign soldiery pours out their
kindred blood like water , they exult and triumph as if they themselves had
performed some ...
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Declaiming on rebellion never added a bayonet , or a charge of powder , to your
military force ; but I am afraid that it has been the means of taking up many
muskets against you . This outrageous language , which has been encouraged
and ...
Declaiming on rebellion never added a bayonet , or a charge of powder , to your
military force ; but I am afraid that it has been the means of taking up many
muskets against you . This outrageous language , which has been encouraged
and ...
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Does anybody seriously maintain , that , charged with my share of the public
councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think mischievous , lest men
who suffer should be encouraged to resist ? The very tendency of such projects
to ...
Does anybody seriously maintain , that , charged with my share of the public
councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think mischievous , lest men
who suffer should be encouraged to resist ? The very tendency of such projects
to ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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