The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... feel a proper reverence and respect for their high and im- portant stations ; and that when it was stated to the ignorant or the wicked , that their judges and magistrates were ignorant and corrupt , it tended to lessen their respect ...
... feel a proper reverence and respect for their high and im- portant stations ; and that when it was stated to the ignorant or the wicked , that their judges and magistrates were ignorant and corrupt , it tended to lessen their respect ...
Page xii
... feel as little as any of " them ) disposed to retract , or to soften in the " smallest degree . " The Report speaks for itself . Whenever " an occasion shall be regularly given to main- " tain every thing of substance in that paper ...
... feel as little as any of " them ) disposed to retract , or to soften in the " smallest degree . " The Report speaks for itself . Whenever " an occasion shall be regularly given to main- " tain every thing of substance in that paper ...
Page 2
... feel myself oppressed with an anxiety , that no words can adequately express . The effect of all our labours , the result of all our inquiries , is now to be ascertained . You , my Lords , are now to determine , not only whether all ...
... feel myself oppressed with an anxiety , that no words can adequately express . The effect of all our labours , the result of all our inquiries , is now to be ascertained . You , my Lords , are now to determine , not only whether all ...
Page 9
... feeling this , went up to their constituents to procure from them the means of reducing it within a compass fitter for their management and for your Lord- ships ' judgment . Being furnished with this power , a second selection was made ...
... feeling this , went up to their constituents to procure from them the means of reducing it within a compass fitter for their management and for your Lord- ships ' judgment . Being furnished with this power , a second selection was made ...
Page 12
... feeling , a want of decorum ; a behaviour which indicates an habitual de- pravity of mind , that has no sentiments of propriety , no feeling for the relations of life , no conformity to the circumstances of human affairs . This ...
... feeling , a want of decorum ; a behaviour which indicates an habitual de- pravity of mind , that has no sentiments of propriety , no feeling for the relations of life , no conformity to the circumstances of human affairs . This ...
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