The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... letters , authenticated by his own hand . On these we chiefly rely . But we shall likewise bring before you living witnesses , competent to speak to the points , to which they are brought . When you consider the late enormous power of ...
... letters , authenticated by his own hand . On these we chiefly rely . But we shall likewise bring before you living witnesses , competent to speak to the points , to which they are brought . When you consider the late enormous power of ...
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... letter- book , in which all their letters are to be regularly entered . And they are bound , by the same covenant , to produce all those books upon requisition , although they should be mixed with affairs concerning their own private ...
... letter- book , in which all their letters are to be regularly entered . And they are bound , by the same covenant , to produce all those books upon requisition , although they should be mixed with affairs concerning their own private ...
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... letters to the court of directors , in various writings and declarations , he refuses to be tried by his own recorded declarations ; he refuses to be bound by his own opinions , delivered under his own hand . He knows , that he and the ...
... letters to the court of directors , in various writings and declarations , he refuses to be tried by his own recorded declarations ; he refuses to be bound by his own opinions , delivered under his own hand . He knows , that he and the ...
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... letters , to laws , to religion ; done honour to all the circumstances , of which , in this island , we boast our- selves , at the great and critical moment of that revolution . My lords , it has happened otherwise . It is now left for ...
... letters , to laws , to religion ; done honour to all the circumstances , of which , in this island , we boast our- selves , at the great and critical moment of that revolution . My lords , it has happened otherwise . It is now left for ...
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... letter of that date , the nabob came into his tent ; and , with looks of the utmost embarrassment , big with some design , which swelled his bosom , something , that was too large and burdensome to conceal , and yet too critical to be ...
... letter of that date , the nabob came into his tent ; and , with looks of the utmost embarrassment , big with some design , which swelled his bosom , something , that was too large and burdensome to conceal , and yet too critical to be ...
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