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Page 4
I could see no fạir , justifiable expedience pleaded to favour this new suspension
of the liberty of the subject . If the English in the colonies can support the
independency , to which they have been unfortunately driven , I suppose nobody
has ...
I could see no fạir , justifiable expedience pleaded to favour this new suspension
of the liberty of the subject . If the English in the colonies can support the
independency , to which they have been unfortunately driven , I suppose nobody
has ...
Page 9
Everything proposed against America is supposed of course to be in favour of
Great Britain . Good and ill success are equally admitted as reasons for
persevering in the present methods . Several very prudent , and very well -
intentioned ...
Everything proposed against America is supposed of course to be in favour of
Great Britain . Good and ill success are equally admitted as reasons for
persevering in the present methods . Several very prudent , and very well -
intentioned ...
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When any community is subordinately connected with another , the great danger
of the connexion is the extreme pride and self - complacency of the superior ,
which in all matters of controversy will probably decide in its own favour .
When any community is subordinately connected with another , the great danger
of the connexion is the extreme pride and self - complacency of the superior ,
which in all matters of controversy will probably decide in its own favour .
Page 22
Is it then a rule , that no man in this nation shall open his mouth in favour of the
colonies , shall defend their rights , or complain of their sufferings ? Or when war
finally breaks out , no man shall express his desires of peace ? Has this been the
...
Is it then a rule , that no man in this nation shall open his mouth in favour of the
colonies , shall defend their rights , or complain of their sufferings ? Or when war
finally breaks out , no man shall express his desires of peace ? Has this been the
...
Page 30
... and whether all the property he enjoys be not the alms of his government , and
his life itself their favour and indulgence . Others , corrupting religion , as these
have perverted philosophy , contend , that Christians are redeemed into captivity
...
... and whether all the property he enjoys be not the alms of his government , and
his life itself their favour and indulgence . Others , corrupting religion , as these
have perverted philosophy , contend , that Christians are redeemed into captivity
...
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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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