The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... , wherein they entreated his Majesty to cause persons , charged with high treason in America , to be brought into this kingdom for trial : By this act of Henry the Eighth , so construed and so B 2 . LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 3.
... , wherein they entreated his Majesty to cause persons , charged with high treason in America , to be brought into this kingdom for trial : By this act of Henry the Eighth , so construed and so B 2 . LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 3.
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... charge or hearing . God for- bid that England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! War is at present carried on between the king's natural and foreign troops on one side , and the English LETTER TO ...
... charge or hearing . God for- bid that England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! War is at present carried on between the king's natural and foreign troops on one side , and the English LETTER TO ...
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... charge of con- tribution ; and when the unfeeling arm of a foreign soldiery pours out their kindred blood like water , they exult and tri- umph as if they themselves had performed some notable exploit . I am really ashamed of the ...
... charge of con- tribution ; and when the unfeeling arm of a foreign soldiery pours out their kindred blood like water , they exult and tri- umph as if they themselves had performed some notable exploit . I am really ashamed of the ...
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... charge of powder , to your military force ; but I am afraid that it has been the means of taking up many muskets against you . This outrageous language , which has been encouraged and kept alive by every art , has already done ...
... charge of powder , to your military force ; but I am afraid that it has been the means of taking up many muskets against you . This outrageous language , which has been encouraged and kept alive by every art , has already done ...
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... charged with my share of the public councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think mischievous , lest men who suffer should be encouraged to resist ? The very tendency of such projects to produce rebellion is one of the ...
... charged with my share of the public councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think mischievous , lest men who suffer should be encouraged to resist ? The very tendency of such projects to produce rebellion is one of the ...
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