The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... things , but the order of crimes which , whether by putting them from a higher part of the scale to the lower , or from the lower to the higher , is never done without dangerously disor- dering the whole frame of jurisprudence . Though ...
... things , but the order of crimes which , whether by putting them from a higher part of the scale to the lower , or from the lower to the higher , is never done without dangerously disor- dering the whole frame of jurisprudence . Though ...
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... things which are of the highest criminality may be of the least disgrace . " The act prepares a 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 ...
... things which are of the highest criminality may be of the least disgrace . " The act prepares a 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 ...
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... things as I found them . The old , cool- headed , general law , is as good as any deviation dictated by present heat ... thing so humiliating to our government , as at all this vast continent should unanimously concur in thinking , that ...
... things as I found them . The old , cool- headed , general law , is as good as any deviation dictated by present heat ... thing so humiliating to our government , as at all this vast continent should unanimously concur in thinking , that ...
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... things now stand , every man in the West Indies , every one inhabitant of three unoffending pro- vinces on the continent , every person coming from the East Indies , every gentleman who has travelled for his health or education , every ...
... things now stand , every man in the West Indies , every one inhabitant of three unoffending pro- vinces on the continent , every person coming from the East Indies , every gentleman who has travelled for his health or education , every ...
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... things will thus continue . I anticipate in my mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force . When ... thing . You will never see any revenue from America . Some increase of the means of corruption , without ease of the ...
... things will thus continue . I anticipate in my mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force . When ... thing . You will never see any revenue from America . Some increase of the means of corruption , without ease of the ...
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