The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... effect , punished with the same death , the same forfeiture , and the same corruption of blood , I never would take from any fellow - creature whatever any sort of advantage which he may derive to his safety from the pity of mankind ...
... effect , punished with the same death , the same forfeiture , and the same corruption of blood , I never would take from any fellow - creature whatever any sort of advantage which he may derive to his safety from the pity of mankind ...
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... effect , to condemn him unheard . A person is brought hither in the dungeon of a ship's hold ; thence he is vomited into a dungeon on land ; loaded with irons , unfurnished with money , unsupported by friends , three thousand miles from ...
... effect , to condemn him unheard . A person is brought hither in the dungeon of a ship's hold ; thence he is vomited into a dungeon on land ; loaded with irons , unfurnished with money , unsupported by friends , three thousand miles from ...
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... effect of our victory peace , or obedience , or what we will ; but the war is not ended ; the hostile mind continues in full vigour , and it continues under a worse form . If your peace be no- thing more than a sullen pause from arms ...
... effect of our victory peace , or obedience , or what we will ; but the war is not ended ; the hostile mind continues in full vigour , and it continues under a worse form . If your peace be no- thing more than a sullen pause from arms ...
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... effect of this unnatural contention , that our laws are corrupted . Whilst manners remain entire , they will correct the vices of law , and soften it at length to their own temper . But we have to lament , that in most of the late ...
... effect of this unnatural contention , that our laws are corrupted . Whilst manners remain entire , they will correct the vices of law , and soften it at length to their own temper . But we have to lament , that in most of the late ...
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... effect of the unanimity into which so many have of late been seduced or bullied , or into the appearance of which they have sunk through mere despair . They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to ...
... effect of the unanimity into which so many have of late been seduced or bullied , or into the appearance of which they have sunk through mere despair . They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to ...
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