The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... exists , which is as easily known in fact as it is difficult to define in words , government has not entered into such military con- ventions ; but has ever declined all intermediate treaty , which should put rebels in possession of the ...
... exists , which is as easily known in fact as it is difficult to define in words , government has not entered into such military con- ventions ; but has ever declined all intermediate treaty , which should put rebels in possession of the ...
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... exists ; I mean the people to be governed . For I thought I saw , that many cases might well happen , in which the exercise of every power comprehended in the broadest idea of legislature , might become , in its time and circumstances ...
... exists ; I mean the people to be governed . For I thought I saw , that many cases might well happen , in which the exercise of every power comprehended in the broadest idea of legislature , might become , in its time and circumstances ...
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... exist , rarely or never to be exercised , I hope I shall be excused in mentioning another instance , that is material . We know , that the convocation of the clergy had formerly been called , and sat with nearly as much regu- larity to ...
... exist , rarely or never to be exercised , I hope I shall be excused in mentioning another instance , that is material . We know , that the convocation of the clergy had formerly been called , and sat with nearly as much regu- larity to ...
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... exist . And indeed how is it possible ? when those who are to make the laws , to guard , to enforce , or to obey them , are , by a tacit confederacy of manners , indisposed to the spirit of all generous and noble institutions . I am ...
... exist . And indeed how is it possible ? when those who are to make the laws , to guard , to enforce , or to obey them , are , by a tacit confederacy of manners , indisposed to the spirit of all generous and noble institutions . I am ...
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... exists for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people , or that there is such a principle involved in its policy . Under the impression of these sentiments ( and not as wanting every attention to my constituents , which ...
... exists for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people , or that there is such a principle involved in its policy . Under the impression of these sentiments ( and not as wanting every attention to my constituents , which ...
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