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Page 5
... and overturning their franchises without charge or hearing . God forbid that
England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! ·
War is at present carried on between the king ' s natural and foreign troops on
one ...
... and overturning their franchises without charge or hearing . God forbid that
England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! ·
War is at present carried on between the king ' s natural and foreign troops on
one ...
Page 6
The answer to all demands of that sort was , “ We can engage for nothing ; you
are at the king ' s pleasure . ” We ought to remember , that if our present enemies
be , in reality and truth , rebels , the king ' s generals have no right to release
them ...
The answer to all demands of that sort was , “ We can engage for nothing ; you
are at the king ' s pleasure . ” We ought to remember , that if our present enemies
be , in reality and truth , rebels , the king ' s generals have no right to release
them ...
Page 18
Lord Howe and General Howe have powers , under an act of parliament , to
restore to the king ' s peace and to free trade any men , or district , which shall
submit . Is this done ? We have been over and over informed by the authorized
gazette ...
Lord Howe and General Howe have powers , under an act of parliament , to
restore to the king ' s peace and to free trade any men , or district , which shall
submit . Is this done ? We have been over and over informed by the authorized
gazette ...
Page 27
But we may very safely affirm , tbat , notwithstanding this apparent omnipotence ,
it would be now found as impossible for king and parliament to alter the
established religion of this country , as it was to King James alone , when he
attempted to ...
But we may very safely affirm , tbat , notwithstanding this apparent omnipotence ,
it would be now found as impossible for king and parliament to alter the
established religion of this country , as it was to King James alone , when he
attempted to ...
Page 28
The king ' s negative to bills is one of the most indisputed of the royal
prerogatives ; and it extends to all cases whatsoever . I am far from certain that if
several laws which Iknow had fallen under the stroke of that sceptre , that the
public would ...
The king ' s negative to bills is one of the most indisputed of the royal
prerogatives ; and it extends to all cases whatsoever . I am far from certain that if
several laws which Iknow had fallen under the stroke of that sceptre , that the
public would ...
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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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