The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... manners remain entire , they will correct the vices of law , and soften it at length to their own temper . But we have to lament , that in most of the late proceedings we see very few traces of that generosity , humanity , and dignity ...
... manners remain entire , they will correct the vices of law , and soften it at length to their own temper . But we have to lament , that in most of the late proceedings we see very few traces of that generosity , humanity , and dignity ...
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... manner ; or that the Cutchery court and the grand jury of Salem could be regulated on a similar plan . I was persuaded that government was a practical thing , made for the happiness of mankind , and not to furnish out a spectacle of ...
... manner ; or that the Cutchery court and the grand jury of Salem could be regulated on a similar plan . I was persuaded that government was a practical thing , made for the happiness of mankind , and not to furnish out a spectacle of ...
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... manner the stirrers - up of this contention , not satisfied with distracting our dependencies and filling them with blood and slaughter , are corrupting our understandings : they are en- deavouring to tear up , along with practical ...
... manner the stirrers - up of this contention , not satisfied with distracting our dependencies and filling them with blood and slaughter , are corrupting our understandings : they are en- deavouring to tear up , along with practical ...
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... manner . But they gradually adapted themselves to the varying condition of things . What was first a single kingdom , stretched into an empire ; and an imperial superintendency , of some kind or other , be- came necessary . Parliament ...
... manner . But they gradually adapted themselves to the varying condition of things . What was first a single kingdom , stretched into an empire ; and an imperial superintendency , of some kind or other , be- came necessary . Parliament ...
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... manners , than perhaps any other . You possess among you several men and magistrates of large and cultivated understandings ; fit for any employment in any sphere . I do , to the best of my power , act so as to make myself worthy of so ...
... manners , than perhaps any other . You possess among you several men and magistrates of large and cultivated understandings ; fit for any employment in any sphere . I do , to the best of my power , act so as to make myself worthy of so ...
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