The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... nature , under all the circumstances , which attended it . We weighed it with all its extenuations , and with all its aggravations . On that review we are warranted to assert , that the crimes , with which we charge the prisoner at the ...
... nature , under all the circumstances , which attended it . We weighed it with all its extenuations , and with all its aggravations . On that review we are warranted to assert , that the crimes , with which we charge the prisoner at the ...
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... nature from you , by the providence of God are blended in one common cause , and are now become suppliants at your bar . For the ho- nour of this nation , in vindication of this mysterious provi- dence , let it be known , that no rule ...
... nature from you , by the providence of God are blended in one common cause , and are now become suppliants at your bar . For the ho- nour of this nation , in vindication of this mysterious provi- dence , let it be known , that no rule ...
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... , usages , and customs of the natives ; and to pursue their benefit in all things . For this duty was inherent in the nature , institution , and purpose of the If the power of the sovereign , office , which 26 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... , usages , and customs of the natives ; and to pursue their benefit in all things . For this duty was inherent in the nature , institution , and purpose of the If the power of the sovereign , office , which 26 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
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... nature of the office with its name . In other official sys- tems the style , in general , is above the function ; here it is the reverse . Under the name of junior merchant , senior merchant , writer , and other petty appellations of ...
... nature of the office with its name . In other official sys- tems the style , in general , is above the function ; here it is the reverse . Under the name of junior merchant , senior merchant , writer , and other petty appellations of ...
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... nature of the trusts , the dignity of the situa- tion , whatever the name of them may be , the powers , that are granted , the hopes , that every man has of establishing himself at home ; I repeat , it is a source of infinite griev ...
... nature of the trusts , the dignity of the situa- tion , whatever the name of them may be , the powers , that are granted , the hopes , that every man has of establishing himself at home ; I repeat , it is a source of infinite griev ...
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