The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... it is valuable . We are members in a great and ancient monarchy ; and we must preserve religiously the true legal rights of the sovereign , which form the c 3 key- 22 SPEECH AT THE CONCLUSION , & c . key CONCLUSION OF THE POLL . 21 .
... it is valuable . We are members in a great and ancient monarchy ; and we must preserve religiously the true legal rights of the sovereign , which form the c 3 key- 22 SPEECH AT THE CONCLUSION , & c . key CONCLUSION OF THE POLL . 21 .
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... true number . There is no occasion to exaggerate , where plain truth is of so much weight and importance . But whether I put the present numbers too high or too low , is a matter of little moment . Such is the strength with which ...
... true number . There is no occasion to exaggerate , where plain truth is of so much weight and importance . But whether I put the present numbers too high or too low , is a matter of little moment . Such is the strength with which ...
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... old age , with a true filial piety , with a Roman charity , had not put the full breast of its youthful exuberance to the mouth of its exhausted parent . As As to the wealth which the colonies have drawn from 44 SPEECH ON.
... old age , with a true filial piety , with a Roman charity , had not put the full breast of its youthful exuberance to the mouth of its exhausted parent . As As to the wealth which the colonies have drawn from 44 SPEECH ON.
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... true temper of their minds , and the direction which this spirit takes , it will not be amiss to lay open somewhat more largely . First , the people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen . England , Sir , is a nation , which ...
... true temper of their minds , and the direction which this spirit takes , it will not be amiss to lay open somewhat more largely . First , the people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen . England , Sir , is a nation , which ...
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... true . There is how- ever a circumstance attending these colonies , which , in my opinion , fully counterbalances this differ- ence , and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward . It is ...
... true . There is how- ever a circumstance attending these colonies , which , in my opinion , fully counterbalances this differ- ence , and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward . It is ...
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