The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... conditions whatsoever ; and they are themselves answerable to the law , and as much in want of a pardon for doing so , as the rebels whom they release . 66 Lawyers , I know , cannot make the distinction for 6 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF ...
... conditions whatsoever ; and they are themselves answerable to the law , and as much in want of a pardon for doing so , as the rebels whom they release . 66 Lawyers , I know , cannot make the distinction for 6 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF ...
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... moral agents . Indeed our affairs are in a bad condition . I do assure those gentlemen who have prayed for war , and have obtained the blessing they have sought , that they are at 12 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
... moral agents . Indeed our affairs are in a bad condition . I do assure those gentlemen who have prayed for war , and have obtained the blessing they have sought , that they are at 12 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
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... condition , think it absurd , that powers or members of any constitution should exist , rarely or never to be exercised , I hope I shall be excused in mentioning another instance , that is material . We know , that the convocation of ...
... condition , think it absurd , that powers or members of any constitution should exist , rarely or never to be exercised , I hope I shall be excused in mentioning another instance , that is material . We know , that the convocation of ...
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... condition of things . What was first a single kingdom , stretched into an empire ; and an imperial superintendency , of some kind or other , be- came necessary . Parliament , from a mere representative of the people , and a guardian of ...
... condition of things . What was first a single kingdom , stretched into an empire ; and an imperial superintendency , of some kind or other , be- came necessary . Parliament , from a mere representative of the people , and a guardian of ...
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... condition , than loftiness , and confidence , and rigour . We are threat- ened by enemies of no small magnitude , whom , if we think fit , we may despise , as we have despised others ; but they are enemies who can only cease to be truly ...
... condition , than loftiness , and confidence , and rigour . We are threat- ened by enemies of no small magnitude , whom , if we think fit , we may despise , as we have despised others ; but they are enemies who can only cease to be truly ...
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