The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... things is altered . Here is an attempt for a ge- neral massacre of suffrages ; an attempt , by a promiscuous carnage of friends and foes , to ex- terminate above two thousand votes , including seven hundred polled for the gentleman ...
... things is altered . Here is an attempt for a ge- neral massacre of suffrages ; an attempt , by a promiscuous carnage of friends and foes , to ex- terminate above two thousand votes , including seven hundred polled for the gentleman ...
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... thing is innocent . If government were a matter of will upon any side , yours , without question , ought to be superior . But government and legislation are ... things utterly unknown to the laws of this land , CONCLUSION OF THE POLL . 19.
... thing is innocent . If government were a matter of will upon any side , yours , without question , ought to be superior . But government and legislation are ... things utterly unknown to the laws of this land , CONCLUSION OF THE POLL . 19.
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Edmund Burke. things utterly unknown to the laws of this land , and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenour of our constitution . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile ...
Edmund Burke. things utterly unknown to the laws of this land , and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenour of our constitution . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile ...
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... thing but humble and persevering endeavours to do my duty . The weight of that duty , I confess , makes me tremble ; and whoever well considers what it is , of all things in the world , will fly from what has the least like- ness to a ...
... thing but humble and persevering endeavours to do my duty . The weight of that duty , I confess , makes me tremble ; and whoever well considers what it is , of all things in the world , will fly from what has the least like- ness to a ...
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... things stood at the begin- ning of the session . About that time , a worthy member of great parliamentary experience , who , in the year 1766 , filled the chair of the American committee with much ability , took me aside ; and ...
... things stood at the begin- ning of the session . About that time , a worthy member of great parliamentary experience , who , in the year 1766 , filled the chair of the American committee with much ability , took me aside ; and ...
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