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1 Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON The BILL
DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVB TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND . . 43
SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE ...
1 Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON The BILL
DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVB TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND . . 43
SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE ...
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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 America . 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 America . 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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I take it for granted , gentlemen , that we sympathize in a proper horror of all
punishment further than as it serves for an example . To whom then does the
example of an execution in England for this American rebellion apply ?
Remember , you ...
I take it for granted , gentlemen , that we sympathize in a proper horror of all
punishment further than as it serves for an example . To whom then does the
example of an execution in England for this American rebellion apply ?
Remember , you ...
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Believe me , gentlemen , the way still before you is intricate , dark , and full of
perplexed and treacherous mazes . Those who think they have the clue may lead
us out of this labyrinth . We may trust them as amply as we think proper ; but as ...
Believe me , gentlemen , the way still before you is intricate , dark , and full of
perplexed and treacherous mazes . Those who think they have the clue may lead
us out of this labyrinth . We may trust them as amply as we think proper ; but as ...
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... which , for the sake of conquering what was our own , has been voluntarily and
wantonly pulled down by a court faction here , I tremble to look at them . Has any
of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all mankind , showed himself ...
... which , for the sake of conquering what was our own , has been voluntarily and
wantonly pulled down by a court faction here , I tremble to look at them . Has any
of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all mankind , showed himself ...
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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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