The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 15C. and J. Rivington, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 34
... tell you , that we have no sympathy with him . Re- jecting , as we have done , all false , spurious , and hypocritical virtues , we should hold it to be the greatest of all crimes , to bestow upon the oppres- sors that pity which ...
... tell you , that we have no sympathy with him . Re- jecting , as we have done , all false , spurious , and hypocritical virtues , we should hold it to be the greatest of all crimes , to bestow upon the oppres- sors that pity which ...
Page 39
... tell your Lordships some facts , into which we trust You will inquire ; for this business is not in our hands , nor can we lay it as a charge before you . Your own Journals have recorded the document , in which the Prisoner complains ...
... tell your Lordships some facts , into which we trust You will inquire ; for this business is not in our hands , nor can we lay it as a charge before you . Your own Journals have recorded the document , in which the Prisoner complains ...
Page 51
... tell you what are the grounds of his defence . He first asserts , that he was possessed of an arbitrary and despotick power , restrained by no laws but his own will . He next says , that " the " rights E 2 66 " rights of the people he ...
... tell you what are the grounds of his defence . He first asserts , that he was possessed of an arbitrary and despotick power , restrained by no laws but his own will . He next says , that " the " rights E 2 66 " rights of the people he ...
Page 53
... tell your Lordships , that arbitrary power is treason in the law ; that to mention it with law , is to commit a contradiction in terms . They cannot exist in concert ; they cannot hold to- gether for a moment . Let us now hear what the ...
... tell your Lordships , that arbitrary power is treason in the law ; that to mention it with law , is to commit a contradiction in terms . They cannot exist in concert ; they cannot hold to- gether for a moment . Let us now hear what the ...
Page 79
... tell you , that the Maho- metans are a people amongst whom the science of jurisprudence is much studied and cultivated , that they distinguish it into the law of the Khoran and its authorized commentaries ; into the Fetfa , which is the ...
... tell you , that the Maho- metans are a people amongst whom the science of jurisprudence is much studied and cultivated , that they distinguish it into the law of the Khoran and its authorized commentaries ; into the Fetfa , which is the ...
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