The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... possession of the law of nations with regard to war . Commanders would receive no benefits at their hands , because they could make no return for them . Who has ever heard of capitulation , and parole of honour , and exchange of ...
... possession of the law of nations with regard to war . Commanders would receive no benefits at their hands , because they could make no return for them . Who has ever heard of capitulation , and parole of honour , and exchange of ...
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... . Has any of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all man- kind , showed himself possessed ' of the first qualification to- wards government , some knowledge of the object , and LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 15.
... . Has any of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all man- kind , showed himself possessed ' of the first qualification to- wards government , some knowledge of the object , and LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 15.
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... possession of the minds of violent men . The whole of those maxims , upon which we have made and continued this war , must be abandoned . Nothing indeed ( for I would not deceive you ) can place us in our former situation . That hope ...
... possession of the minds of violent men . The whole of those maxims , upon which we have made and continued this war , must be abandoned . Nothing indeed ( for I would not deceive you ) can place us in our former situation . That hope ...
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... possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the statute book without seeing the actual exercise of it , more or less , in all cases whatsoever . This possession passed with me for a title . It does ...
... possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the statute book without seeing the actual exercise of it , more or less , in all cases whatsoever . This possession passed with me for a title . It does ...
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... possessed of no right at all . I see no abstract reason , which can be given , why the same power , which made and repealed the high - commission court and the star - chamber , might not revive them again ; and these courts , warned by ...
... possessed of no right at all . I see no abstract reason , which can be given , why the same power , which made and repealed the high - commission court and the star - chamber , might not revive them again ; and these courts , warned by ...
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