The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade of IRELAND SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF PARLIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL ...
... GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade of IRELAND SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF PARLIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL ...
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... GENTLEMEN , I HAVE the honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in Ame- rica . These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject . They operate by the same ...
... GENTLEMEN , I HAVE the honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in Ame- rica . These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject . They operate by the same ...
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... gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this kingdom of treasons committed out of ...
... gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this kingdom of treasons committed out of ...
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... gentlemen , that this appears to me as bad in the principle , and far worse in its consequence , than an universal suspension of the Habeas Corpus act ; and the limiting quali- fication , instead of taking out the sting , does in my ...
... gentlemen , that this appears to me as bad in the principle , and far worse in its consequence , than an universal suspension of the Habeas Corpus act ; and the limiting quali- fication , instead of taking out the sting , does in my ...
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... gentlemen , who , with a just confidence in their abilities , ( in which I claim a sort of share from my love and admira- tion of them , ) were of opinion that their exertions in this desperate case might be of some service . They ...
... gentlemen , who , with a just confidence in their abilities , ( in which I claim a sort of share from my love and admira- tion of them , ) were of opinion that their exertions in this desperate case might be of some service . They ...
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