The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... spirit of the present law , it is necessary , gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial ...
... spirit of the present law , it is necessary , gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial ...
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... spirit of those gentlemen , who , with a just confidence in their abilities , ( in which I claim a sort of share from my love and admira- tion of them , ) were of opinion that their exertions in this desperate case might be of some ...
... spirit of those gentlemen , who , with a just confidence in their abilities , ( in which I claim a sort of share from my love and admira- tion of them , ) were of opinion that their exertions in this desperate case might be of some ...
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... spirit of these addresses ; and he draws an argument from them , which ( if the fact was as he supposes ) must be irresistible . For I never knew a writer on the theory of government so partial to authority as not to allow , that the ...
... spirit of these addresses ; and he draws an argument from them , which ( if the fact was as he supposes ) must be irresistible . For I never knew a writer on the theory of government so partial to authority as not to allow , that the ...
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... spirit of parliamentary faith ; when Mr. Tryon , vaunting of the fidelity of the city in which he is . governor , is obliged to apply to ministry for leave to protect the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them 18 LETTER TO THE ...
... spirit of parliamentary faith ; when Mr. Tryon , vaunting of the fidelity of the city in which he is . governor , is obliged to apply to ministry for leave to protect the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them 18 LETTER TO THE ...
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... spirit , will choose to abide the consequences . It is wise to permit its legal existence ; it is much wiser to con- tinue it a legal existence only . So truly has prudence ( con- stituted as the god of this lower world ) the entire ...
... spirit , will choose to abide the consequences . It is wise to permit its legal existence ; it is much wiser to con- tinue it a legal existence only . So truly has prudence ( con- stituted as the god of this lower world ) the entire ...
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