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Exceptionable as it may be, and as I think it is in some particulars, it seems the
natural, perhaps aecessary, result of the measures we have taken, and the
situation we are in. The other (for a partial suspension of the Habeas Corpus)
appears ...
Exceptionable as it may be, and as I think it is in some particulars, it seems the
natural, perhaps aecessary, result of the measures we have taken, and the
situation we are in. The other (for a partial suspension of the Habeas Corpus)
appears ...
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Exceptionable as it may be , and as I think it is in some particulars , it seems the
natural , perhaps necessary , result of the measures we have taken , and the
situation we are in . The other ( for a partial suspension of the Habeas Corpus ) ...
Exceptionable as it may be , and as I think it is in some particulars , it seems the
natural , perhaps necessary , result of the measures we have taken , and the
situation we are in . The other ( for a partial suspension of the Habeas Corpus ) ...
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No plea , nor pretence , of inconvenience or evil example ( which must in their
nature be daily and ordinary incidents ) can be ad . mitted as a reason for such
mighty operations . But the true danger is , when liberty is nibbled away , for ...
No plea , nor pretence , of inconvenience or evil example ( which must in their
nature be daily and ordinary incidents ) can be ad . mitted as a reason for such
mighty operations . But the true danger is , when liberty is nibbled away , for ...
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... that , far from softening the features of such a principle , and thereby removing
any part of the popular odium or natural ... of our constitution did not instantly
produce , in fact , the grossest of the evils with which it was pregnant in its nature .
... that , far from softening the features of such a principle , and thereby removing
any part of the popular odium or natural ... of our constitution did not instantly
produce , in fact , the grossest of the evils with which it was pregnant in its nature .
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They vitiate their politics ; they corrupt their morals ; they pervert even the natural
taste and relish of equity and justice . By teaching us ... But we have no charter of
exemption , that I know of , from the ordinary frailties of our nature . What but that
...
They vitiate their politics ; they corrupt their morals ; they pervert even the natural
taste and relish of equity and justice . By teaching us ... But we have no charter of
exemption , that I know of , from the ordinary frailties of our nature . What but that
...
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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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