The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... body has such a fanatical zeal for the criminal justice of Henry the Eighth , that he will contend for executions which must be retaliated tenfold on his own friends ; or who has conceived so strange an idea of English dignity , as to ...
... body has such a fanatical zeal for the criminal justice of Henry the Eighth , that he will contend for executions which must be retaliated tenfold on his own friends ; or who has conceived so strange an idea of English dignity , as to ...
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... body of our nation becomes gradually less dear to us . The very names of affection and kindred , which were the bond of charity whilst we agreed , become new in- centives to hatred and rage , when the communion of our country is ...
... body of our nation becomes gradually less dear to us . The very names of affection and kindred , which were the bond of charity whilst we agreed , become new in- centives to hatred and rage , when the communion of our country is ...
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... body could prove the contrary by facts . But in case the sword should do all that the sword can do , the success of their arms and the defeat of their policy will be one and the same thing . You will never see any revenue from America ...
... body could prove the contrary by facts . But in case the sword should do all that the sword can do , the success of their arms and the defeat of their policy will be one and the same thing . You will never see any revenue from America ...
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... body can be made to believe , that the party inclination , or political views , of several in the principal state , will induce them in some degree to counteract this blind and tyrannical partiality . There is no danger that any one ...
... body can be made to believe , that the party inclination , or political views , of several in the principal state , will induce them in some degree to counteract this blind and tyrannical partiality . There is no danger that any one ...
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... body was so hot as to light up the flames of civil war , should even publicly declare , that these delicate points ought to be wholly left to the crown . Poorly as I may be thought af- fected to the authority of parliament , I shall ...
... body was so hot as to light up the flames of civil war , should even publicly declare , that these delicate points ought to be wholly left to the crown . Poorly as I may be thought af- fected to the authority of parliament , I shall ...
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