The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... manner " that to your judgment may seem most ex- " pedient ; or that you may not act upon them " at all , if you should think that most expedient " for the publick good . Your Committee has obeyed your orders ; it has done its duty in ...
... manner " that to your judgment may seem most ex- " pedient ; or that you may not act upon them " at all , if you should think that most expedient " for the publick good . Your Committee has obeyed your orders ; it has done its duty in ...
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... manner of real vice ; but ten thousand times further from them , as far as from pole to pole , be the whole tribe of false , spurious , affected , counterfeit , hypocritical virtues . These are the things which are ten times more at war ...
... manner of real vice ; but ten thousand times further from them , as far as from pole to pole , be the whole tribe of false , spurious , affected , counterfeit , hypocritical virtues . These are the things which are ten times more at war ...
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... manner it has been abused by the Criminal of whom they are so tender . To remove such an imputation from us , we assert , that the Commons of Great Britain are not to receive instructions about the language which they ought to hold ...
... manner it has been abused by the Criminal of whom they are so tender . To remove such an imputation from us , we assert , that the Commons of Great Britain are not to receive instructions about the language which they ought to hold ...
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... manner . I have said , my Lords , that ignorance is the other cause of this calumny by which the House of Commons is assailed . Ignorance pro- duces a confusion of ideas concerning the de- corum of life , by confounding the rules of ...
... manner . I have said , my Lords , that ignorance is the other cause of this calumny by which the House of Commons is assailed . Ignorance pro- duces a confusion of ideas concerning the de- corum of life , by confounding the rules of ...
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... still be asked , why we shew suf- ficient acrimony to excite a suspicion of being in any manner influenced by malice or a desire of in 28 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT for the exposure, the censure, the punishment of ...
... still be asked , why we shew suf- ficient acrimony to excite a suspicion of being in any manner influenced by malice or a desire of in 28 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT for the exposure, the censure, the punishment of ...
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