The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... parliament over this kingdom is not questioned ; and yet many things indubitably included in the abstract idea of that power , and which carry no absolute injustice in them- selves , yet being contrary to the opinions and feelings of ...
... parliament over this kingdom is not questioned ; and yet many things indubitably included in the abstract idea of that power , and which carry no absolute injustice in them- selves , yet being contrary to the opinions and feelings of ...
Page 28
... parliament itself . It is now called for form only . It sits for the purpose of making some polite ecclesiastical compliments to the king ; and , when that grace is said , retires and is heard of no more . It is however a part of the ...
... parliament itself . It is now called for form only . It sits for the purpose of making some polite ecclesiastical compliments to the king ; and , when that grace is said , retires and is heard of no more . It is however a part of the ...
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... parliament seriously to consider . It was certainly a de- liberation that called for the exertion of all their wisdom . I am , and ever have been , deeply sensible of the difficulty of reconciling the strong presiding power , that is so ...
... parliament seriously to consider . It was certainly a de- liberation that called for the exertion of all their wisdom . I am , and ever have been , deeply sensible of the difficulty of reconciling the strong presiding power , that is so ...
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... Parliament , from a mere representative of the people , and a guardian of popular privileges for its own immediate constituents , grew into a mighty sovereign . In- stead of being a control on the crown on its own behalf , it ...
... Parliament , from a mere representative of the people , and a guardian of popular privileges for its own immediate constituents , grew into a mighty sovereign . In- stead of being a control on the crown on its own behalf , it ...
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... parliament to which they approached every day more and more nearly . Those who think them- selves wiser than Providence , and stronger than the course of nature , may complain of all this variation , on the one side or the other , as ...
... parliament to which they approached every day more and more nearly . Those who think them- selves wiser than Providence , and stronger than the course of nature , may complain of all this variation , on the one side or the other , as ...
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