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It seems to have in view two capital objects ; the first , to enable administration to
confine , as long as it shall think ... no small dislike ; because the act does not ( as
all laws and all equitable transactions ought to do ) fairly describe its object .
It seems to have in view two capital objects ; the first , to enable administration to
confine , as long as it shall think ... no small dislike ; because the act does not ( as
all laws and all equitable transactions ought to do ) fairly describe its object .
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What but that blindness of heart which arises from the phrensy of civil contention ,
could have made any persons conceive the present situation of the British affairs
as an object of triumph to themselves , or of congratulation to their sovereign ?
What but that blindness of heart which arises from the phrensy of civil contention ,
could have made any persons conceive the present situation of the British affairs
as an object of triumph to themselves , or of congratulation to their sovereign ?
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wards government , some knowledge of the object , and of the difficulties which
occur in the task they have undertaken ? I assure you , that , on the most
prosperous issue of your arms , you will not be where you stood , when you
called in war ...
wards government , some knowledge of the object , and of the difficulties which
occur in the task they have undertaken ? I assure you , that , on the most
prosperous issue of your arms , you will not be where you stood , when you
called in war ...
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... of these periods , in order to give you a more distinct idea of our policy with
regard to this most delicate of all objects . ... which was wanted for the
conservation of a new object , but which could not be safely trusted to the crown
alone . On the ...
... of these periods , in order to give you a more distinct idea of our policy with
regard to this most delicate of all objects . ... which was wanted for the
conservation of a new object , but which could not be safely trusted to the crown
alone . On the ...
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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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