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Page 6
... shall exhibit to the world as indecent a piece of injustice as ever civil fury has
produced . If the prisoners , who have been exchanged , have not by that
exchange been virtually pardoned , the cartel ( whether avowed or understood )
is a cruel ...
... shall exhibit to the world as indecent a piece of injustice as ever civil fury has
produced . If the prisoners , who have been exchanged , have not by that
exchange been virtually pardoned , the cartel ( whether avowed or understood )
is a cruel ...
Page 10
... the spirit of our constitution did not instantly produce , in fact , the grossest of
the evils with which it was pregnant in its nature . It is by lying dormant a long time
, or being at first very rarely exercised , that arbitrary power steals upon a people .
... the spirit of our constitution did not instantly produce , in fact , the grossest of
the evils with which it was pregnant in its nature . It is by lying dormant a long time
, or being at first very rarely exercised , that arbitrary power steals upon a people .
Page 20
Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less , because they are
universal . I declare , that I cannot discern the least advantage which could
accrue to us , if we were able to persuade our colonies that they had not a single
friend in ...
Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less , because they are
universal . I declare , that I cannot discern the least advantage which could
accrue to us , if we were able to persuade our colonies that they had not a single
friend in ...
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The very tendency of such projects to produce rebellion is one of the chief
reasons against them . Shall that reason not be given ? Is it then a rule , that no
man in this nation shall open his mouth in favour of the colonies , shall defend
their ...
The very tendency of such projects to produce rebellion is one of the chief
reasons against them . Shall that reason not be given ? Is it then a rule , that no
man in this nation shall open his mouth in favour of the colonies , shall defend
their ...
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In order to produce this favourite unanimity in delusion , and to prevent all
possibility of a return to our ancient happy concord , arguments for our
continuance in this course are drawn from the wretched situation itself into which
we have been ...
In order to produce this favourite unanimity in delusion , and to prevent all
possibility of a return to our ancient happy concord , arguments for our
continuance in this course are drawn from the wretched situation itself into which
we have been ...
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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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