The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... duty by an example from the punishment of an undutiful son ? As well might the execution of a fugi- tive negro in the plantations be considered as a lesson to teach masters humanity to their slaves . Such executions may indeed satiate ...
... duty by an example from the punishment of an undutiful son ? As well might the execution of a fugi- tive negro in the plantations be considered as a lesson to teach masters humanity to their slaves . Such executions may indeed satiate ...
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... duty , not only to forbear this style of outrage ourselves , but to make every one as sensible as we can of the impro- priety and unworthiness of the tempers which give rise to it , and which designing men are labouring with such malig ...
... duty , not only to forbear this style of outrage ourselves , but to make every one as sensible as we can of the impro- priety and unworthiness of the tempers which give rise to it , and which designing men are labouring with such malig ...
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... duty , in all soberness , to con- form our government to the character and circumstances of the several people who composed this mighty and strangely diversified mass . I never was wild enough to conceive , that one method would serve ...
... duty , in all soberness , to con- form our government to the character and circumstances of the several people who composed this mighty and strangely diversified mass . I never was wild enough to conceive , that one method would serve ...
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... duties or satisfactions in life , are destructive both to virtue and enjoyment . Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed . The degree of restraint it is impossible in any case to settle precisely . But it ought to be the ...
... duties or satisfactions in life , are destructive both to virtue and enjoyment . Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed . The degree of restraint it is impossible in any case to settle precisely . But it ought to be the ...
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... duty to them is not at all lessened . I owe the gentlemen who compose it my most humble ser- vice in everything . I hope that whenever any of them were pleased to command me , that they found me perfectly equal in my obedience . But ...
... duty to them is not at all lessened . I owe the gentlemen who compose it my most humble ser- vice in everything . I hope that whenever any of them were pleased to command me , that they found me perfectly equal in my obedience . But ...
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