The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... crimes which , whether by putting them from a higher part of the scale to the lower , or from the lower to the higher , is never done without dangerously disor- dering the whole frame of jurisprudence . Though piracy may be , in the eye ...
... crimes which , whether by putting them from a higher part of the scale to the lower , or from the lower to the higher , is never done without dangerously disor- dering the whole frame of jurisprudence . Though piracy may be , in the eye ...
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... crime of piracy these men , whom an act of parliament had previously put out of the protection of the law . When the legislature of this kingdom had ordered all their ships and goods , for the mere new - created offence of exercising ...
... crime of piracy these men , whom an act of parliament had previously put out of the protection of the law . When the legislature of this kingdom had ordered all their ships and goods , for the mere new - created offence of exercising ...
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... crime and how heavy their punishment will be , who shall at any time dare to resist a distant power actually disposing of their property , without their voice or consent to the disposition ; and over- turning their franchises without ...
... crime and how heavy their punishment will be , who shall at any time dare to resist a distant power actually disposing of their property , without their voice or consent to the disposition ; and over- turning their franchises without ...
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... crime of treason . Whenever a rebellion really and truly exists , which is as easily known in fact as it is difficult to define in words , government has not entered into such military con- ventions ; but has ever declined all ...
... crime of treason . Whenever a rebellion really and truly exists , which is as easily known in fact as it is difficult to define in words , government has not entered into such military con- ventions ; but has ever declined all ...
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... crime it is , that they have charitably and humane- ly wished them to entertain more reasonable sentiments , and not always to sacrifice their interest to their passion . All this rage against unresisting dissent convinces me , that ...
... crime it is , that they have charitably and humane- ly wished them to entertain more reasonable sentiments , and not always to sacrifice their interest to their passion . All this rage against unresisting dissent convinces me , that ...
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