The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this kingdom of treasons committed out of the realm . In the year 1769 , par- liament thought proper to acquaint the crown with their con- struction of that act in a formal ...
... thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this kingdom of treasons committed out of the realm . In the year 1769 , par- liament thought proper to acquaint the crown with their con- struction of that act in a formal ...
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... thought of teaching parents their duty by an example from the punishment of an undutiful son ? As well might the execution of a fugi- tive negro in the plantations be considered as a lesson to teach masters humanity to their slaves ...
... thought of teaching parents their duty by an example from the punishment of an undutiful son ? As well might the execution of a fugi- tive negro in the plantations be considered as a lesson to teach masters humanity to their slaves ...
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... thought evil and dangerous , even though the instruments of effecting such purposes had been merely of a neutral quality . But it really appears to me , that the means which this act employs are , at least , as exceptionable as the end ...
... thought evil and dangerous , even though the instruments of effecting such purposes had been merely of a neutral quality . But it really appears to me , that the means which this act employs are , at least , as exceptionable as the end ...
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... thought , that by contracting the sphere of its application , they might lessen the malignity of an evil principle . Perhaps they were in the right . But when my opinion was so very clearly to the contrary , for the reasons I have just ...
... thought , that by contracting the sphere of its application , they might lessen the malignity of an evil principle . Perhaps they were in the right . But when my opinion was so very clearly to the contrary , for the reasons I have just ...
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... of the dispute was lost in the consequences . The people of England were then , as they are now , called upon to make government strong . They thought it a great deal better to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 223.
... of the dispute was lost in the consequences . The people of England were then , as they are now , called upon to make government strong . They thought it a great deal better to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 223.
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