The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... sort of statutes to nine . It affords no matter for very pleasing reflection to ob- serve that our subjects diminish as our laws increase . If I have the misfortune of differing with some of my fel- low - citizens on this great and ...
... sort of statutes to nine . It affords no matter for very pleasing reflection to ob- serve that our subjects diminish as our laws increase . If I have the misfortune of differing with some of my fel- low - citizens on this great and ...
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... corruption of blood , I never would take from any fellow - creature whatever any sort of advantage which he may derive to his safety from the pity of mankind , or to his reputation from their general 2 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
... corruption of blood , I never would take from any fellow - creature whatever any sort of advantage which he may derive to his safety from the pity of mankind , or to his reputation from their general 2 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
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... 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 re- bellion , had driven off the cattle of twenty clans , I ...
... 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 re- bellion , had driven off the cattle of twenty clans , I ...
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... 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 upon any conditions ...
... 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 upon any conditions ...
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... sort of hostility under the name of piracy , and of another by the name of treason , and executing the act of Henry the Eighth according to a new and unconstitutional interpretation , I have thought evil and dangerous , even though the ...
... sort of hostility under the name of piracy , and of another by the name of treason , and executing the act of Henry the Eighth according to a new and unconstitutional interpretation , I have thought evil and dangerous , even though the ...
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