The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... matter , extraneous to the immediate design of this introduction . I have no other to offer , but the natural gar- rulity , one of the many infirmities of old age . If age cannot screen me from the severity of criticism , I must demand ...
... matter , extraneous to the immediate design of this introduction . I have no other to offer , but the natural gar- rulity , one of the many infirmities of old age . If age cannot screen me from the severity of criticism , I must demand ...
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... matter is large indeed ) what the constitution of that company is ; I mean chiefly , what it is in reference to its Indian service , the great theatre of the abuse . Your lordships will na- turally conceive , that it is not to inform ...
... matter is large indeed ) what the constitution of that company is ; I mean chiefly , what it is in reference to its Indian service , the great theatre of the abuse . Your lordships will na- turally conceive , that it is not to inform ...
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... matter of record . " My lords , this method not only must produce to them , if strictly observed , a more accurate idea of the nature of their affairs , and the nature of their expenditures , but it must afford them no trivial ...
... matter of record . " My lords , this method not only must produce to them , if strictly observed , a more accurate idea of the nature of their affairs , and the nature of their expenditures , but it must afford them no trivial ...
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... matter to come before you in regular charges , than as proof of the charges themselves . I know , that a good deal of latitude is allowed to advo- cates , when opening a cause in a private court , to indulge themselves in their ...
... matter to come before you in regular charges , than as proof of the charges themselves . I know , that a good deal of latitude is allowed to advo- cates , when opening a cause in a private court , to indulge themselves in their ...
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... matter lost in the mists of a most obscure antiquity ) , had it as a great leading principle of his policy to connect the peo- ple with their soil . Accordingly , by one of those anoma- lies , which a larger acquaintance with our ...
... matter lost in the mists of a most obscure antiquity ) , had it as a great leading principle of his policy to connect the peo- ple with their soil . Accordingly , by one of those anoma- lies , which a larger acquaintance with our ...
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