The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... obliged to submit to the power without acquiescing in the reason of an act of legislature , that I should justify my dissent by such arguments as may be supposed to have weight with a sober man . The main operative regulation of the act ...
... obliged to submit to the power without acquiescing in the reason of an act of legislature , that I should justify my dissent by such arguments as may be supposed to have weight with a sober man . The main operative regulation of the act ...
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... when Mr. Tryon , vaunting of the fidelity of the city in which he is . governor , is obliged to apply to ministry for leave to protect the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them 18 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
... when Mr. Tryon , vaunting of the fidelity of the city in which he is . governor , is obliged to apply to ministry for leave to protect the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them 18 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
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... 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 chief reasons against them . Shall that reason not be ...
... 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 chief reasons against them . Shall that reason not be ...
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... obliged to evacuate Boston . The superiority of the former campaign rested wholly with the colonists . If such powers of treaty were to be wished , whilst success was very doubtful , how came they to be less so , since his Majesty's ...
... obliged to evacuate Boston . The superiority of the former campaign rested wholly with the colonists . If such powers of treaty were to be wished , whilst success was very doubtful , how came they to be less so , since his Majesty's ...
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... obliging as to produce to me any record of such dis- tinctions , by compact or otherwise , either at the successive formation of the several colonies , or during the existence of any of them . If any gentlemen were able to see how one ...
... obliging as to produce to me any record of such dis- tinctions , by compact or otherwise , either at the successive formation of the several colonies , or during the existence of any of them . If any gentlemen were able to see how one ...
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