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Page 3
The act prepares a sort of masked proceeding , not honourable to the justice of
the kingdom , and by no means necessary for its safety . I cannot enter into it . If
Lord Balmerino , in the last rebellion , had driven off the cattle of twenty clans , I ...
The act prepares a sort of masked proceeding , not honourable to the justice of
the kingdom , and by no means necessary for its safety . I cannot enter into it . If
Lord Balmerino , in the last rebellion , had driven off the cattle of twenty clans , I ...
Page 6
Who has ever heard of capitulation , and parole of honour , and exchange of
prisoners , in the late rebellions in this kingdom ? The answer to all demands of
that sort was , “ We can engage for nothing ; you are at the king ' s pleasure .
Who has ever heard of capitulation , and parole of honour , and exchange of
prisoners , in the late rebellions in this kingdom ? The answer to all demands of
that sort was , “ We can engage for nothing ; you are at the king ' s pleasure .
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Nothing surely could be more lamentable to those who remember the flourishing
days of this kingdom , than to see the insane joy of several unhappy people ,
amidst the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to LETTER TO
THE ...
Nothing surely could be more lamentable to those who remember the flourishing
days of this kingdom , than to see the insane joy of several unhappy people ,
amidst the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to LETTER TO
THE ...
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Is it the force of the kingdom they call for ? They have it already ; and if they
choose to fight their battles in their own person , nobody prevents their setting sail
to America in the next transports . Do they think , that the service is stinted for
want of ...
Is it the force of the kingdom they call for ? They have it already ; and if they
choose to fight their battles in their own person , nobody prevents their setting sail
to America in the next transports . Do they think , that the service is stinted for
want of ...
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... people is melted into its government , and that every dispute with the ministry
must of necessity be always a quarrel with the nation ; they can stand no longer
in the equal and friendly relation of fellow - citizens to the subjects of this kingdom
.
... people is melted into its government , and that every dispute with the ministry
must of necessity be always a quarrel with the nation ; they can stand no longer
in the equal and friendly relation of fellow - citizens to the subjects of this kingdom
.
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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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