The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND , April 23 and May 2 , 1778 PAGE 1 • 81 99 66 • 187 SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPEN- DENCE OF PARLIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL REFOR ...
... PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND , April 23 and May 2 , 1778 PAGE 1 • 81 99 66 • 187 SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPEN- DENCE OF PARLIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL REFOR ...
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... House . I pass by the use of the king's name in a matter of supply , that sacred and reserved right of the Commons . I conceal the ridiculous figure of Parliament hurling its thunders at the gigantic re- bellion of America , and then ...
... House . I pass by the use of the king's name in a matter of supply , that sacred and reserved right of the Commons . I conceal the ridiculous figure of Parliament hurling its thunders at the gigantic re- bellion of America , and then ...
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... House , the motion which is on your journals , and which , to save the clerk the trouble of turning to it , I will ... Commons , animated with the warmest duty and at- tachment to his royal person and government , . . 54 SPEECH ON ...
... House , the motion which is on your journals , and which , to save the clerk the trouble of turning to it , I will ... Commons , animated with the warmest duty and at- tachment to his royal person and government , . . 54 SPEECH ON ...
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... House of Commons . Besides the characters of the individuals that compose our body , it is impossible , Mr. Speaker , not to observe that this House has a collective char- acter of its own . That character , too , however imper- fect ...
... House of Commons . Besides the characters of the individuals that compose our body , it is impossible , Mr. Speaker , not to observe that this House has a collective char- acter of its own . That character , too , however imper- fect ...
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... House of Commons . But the liberty , the only lib- erty , I mean is a liberty connected with order : that not only exists along with order and virtue , but which cannot exist at all without them . It inheres in good and steady ...
... House of Commons . But the liberty , the only lib- erty , I mean is a liberty connected with order : that not only exists along with order and virtue , but which cannot exist at all without them . It inheres in good and steady ...
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