The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... present law , it is necessary , gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this ...
... present law , it is necessary , gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this ...
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... present is a contest between the two countries ; and that we in England are at war for our own dignity against our rebellious children . this true ? If it be , it is surely among such rebellious children that examples for disobedience ...
... present is a contest between the two countries ; and that we in England are at war for our own dignity against our rebellious children . this true ? If it be , it is surely among such rebellious children that examples for disobedience ...
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... present enemies be , in reality and truth , rebels , the king's generals have no right to release them upon any conditions whatsoever ; and they are themselves answerable to the law , and as much in want of a pardon for doing so , as ...
... present enemies be , in reality and truth , rebels , the king's generals have no right to release them upon any conditions whatsoever ; and they are themselves answerable to the law , and as much in want of a pardon for doing so , as ...
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... present troubles by a trial of one sort of hostility under the name of piracy , and of another by the name of treason , and executing the act of Henry the Eighth according to a new and unconstitutional interpretation , I have thought ...
... present troubles by a trial of one sort of hostility under the name of piracy , and of another by the name of treason , and executing the act of Henry the Eighth according to a new and unconstitutional interpretation , I have thought ...
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... present state of things all op- position to any measures proposed by ministers , where the name of America appears , is vain and frivolous . You may be sure that I do not speak of my opposition , which in all circumstances must be so ...
... present state of things all op- position to any measures proposed by ministers , where the name of America appears , is vain and frivolous . You may be sure that I do not speak of my opposition , which in all circumstances must be so ...
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