The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... objects of it , I " resisted this and every other species of coun- 66 68 teraction , by rising in my demands , and ac- complished a peace , and I hope an everlast- ing one , with one great state ; and I at " least afforded the efficient ...
... objects of it , I " resisted this and every other species of coun- 66 68 teraction , by rising in my demands , and ac- complished a peace , and I hope an everlast- ing one , with one great state ; and I at " least afforded the efficient ...
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... object of great compassion ; because he is treated , say they , with nothing but opprobrious names and scur- rilous invectives . To all this the Managers of the Commons will say nothing by way of defence , it would be to betray their ...
... object of great compassion ; because he is treated , say they , with nothing but opprobrious names and scur- rilous invectives . To all this the Managers of the Commons will say nothing by way of defence , it would be to betray their ...
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... object , and fit only for the very pedantic elo- quence of the person who used it . But if Sir Walter Raleigh had been guilty of numberless frauds and prevarications ; if he had clandes- tinely picked up other men's money , concealed ...
... object , and fit only for the very pedantic elo- quence of the person who used it . But if Sir Walter Raleigh had been guilty of numberless frauds and prevarications ; if he had clandes- tinely picked up other men's money , concealed ...
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... objects to the use of means of defence which are at his disposal . Having gone through this part of the Pri- soner's recriminatory charge , I shall close my observations on his demeanour , and defer my remarks on his complaint of our ...
... objects to the use of means of defence which are at his disposal . Having gone through this part of the Pri- soner's recriminatory charge , I shall close my observations on his demeanour , and defer my remarks on his complaint of our ...
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... objects of his own government . That his learned counsel should be ignorant of those things , is a matter of course . That , if left to himself , the person , who has produced all this stuff , should , in pursuit of his darling ...
... objects of his own government . That his learned counsel should be ignorant of those things , is a matter of course . That , if left to himself , the person , who has produced all this stuff , should , in pursuit of his darling ...
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