The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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... received as proof from them , which is not by na- ture adapted to prove the thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of that justice , to which they resort . They would ...
... received as proof from them , which is not by na- ture adapted to prove the thing in question . If they should make such a request , they would aim at overturning the very principles of that justice , to which they resort . They would ...
Page 27
Edmund Burke. If the power of the sovereign , office , which they received . from whom they derived these powers , should by any re- volution in human affairs be annihilated or suspended , their duty to the people below them , which was ...
Edmund Burke. If the power of the sovereign , office , which they received . from whom they derived these powers , should by any re- volution in human affairs be annihilated or suspended , their duty to the people below them , which was ...
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... received from the lawful governing power of that country ; -a charter received at OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 49.
... received from the lawful governing power of that country ; -a charter received at OF WARREN HASTINGS , ESQ . 49.
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... received in his journey , dis- miss the first guard with a written certificate of their beha- viour , and a receipt for the traveller and his effects ; which certificate and receipt are returnable to the commanding offi- cer of the ...
... received in his journey , dis- miss the first guard with a written certificate of their beha- viour , and a receipt for the traveller and his effects ; which certificate and receipt are returnable to the commanding offi- cer of the ...
Page 62
... received when Thamas Kouli Khân broke into that country , carried off its revenues , overturn- ed the throne , and massacred not only many of the chief nobility , but almost all the inhabitants of the capital city . This rude shock ...
... received when Thamas Kouli Khân broke into that country , carried off its revenues , overturn- ed the throne , and massacred not only many of the chief nobility , but almost all the inhabitants of the capital city . This rude shock ...
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