The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... appear before you to make trial , whether my earnest endeavours have been so wholly oppressed by the weakness of my abilities , as to be rendered insignificant in the eyes of a great trading city ; or whether you chuse to give a weight ...
... appear before you to make trial , whether my earnest endeavours have been so wholly oppressed by the weakness of my abilities , as to be rendered insignificant in the eyes of a great trading city ; or whether you chuse to give a weight ...
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... canvass was made for me . I was put in nomination after the poll was opened . I did not appear until it was far advanced . If , un- der all these accumulated disadvantages , your good opinion has AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL . 5.
... canvass was made for me . I was put in nomination after the poll was opened . I did not appear until it was far advanced . If , un- der all these accumulated disadvantages , your good opinion has AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL . 5.
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... appear awkward under such circumstances . It would be still more awkward in me , if I were gravely to look the sheriffs in the face , and to tell them , they were not to determine my cause on my own principles ; nor to make the return ...
... appear awkward under such circumstances . It would be still more awkward in me , if I were gravely to look the sheriffs in the face , and to tell them , they were not to determine my cause on my own principles ; nor to make the return ...
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... appear awkward under such circumstances . It would be still more awkward in me , if I were gravely to look the sheriffs in the face , and to tell them , they were not to determine my cause on my own principles ; nor to make the return ...
... appear awkward under such circumstances . It would be still more awkward in me , if I were gravely to look the sheriffs in the face , and to tell them , they were not to determine my cause on my own principles ; nor to make the return ...
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... appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . Sir , Parliament having an enlarged view of objects , made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their senti- ments and their conduct , than could be justified ...
... appears to me truth and reason , it is in your equity to judge . Sir , Parliament having an enlarged view of objects , made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their senti- ments and their conduct , than could be justified ...
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