The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... questions . My sentiments , I am sure , are well known to him ; and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his ... question on your paper ; the other more large ―― and more complicated , comprehending the whole series of 6 SPEECH ...
... questions . My sentiments , I am sure , are well known to him ; and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his ... question on your paper ; the other more large ―― and more complicated , comprehending the whole series of 6 SPEECH ...
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... questions have shaken the solid structure of this empire to its deep- est foundations . Of those two propositions I shall , before I have done , give such convincing , such damning proof , that , however the contrary may be whispered in ...
... questions have shaken the solid structure of this empire to its deep- est foundations . Of those two propositions I shall , before I have done , give such convincing , such damning proof , that , however the contrary may be whispered in ...
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... question is no more on pro- priety or dignity . They are gone already . The faith of your sovereign is pledged for the political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the whole of it . You must therefore either aban ...
... question is no more on pro- priety or dignity . They are gone already . The faith of your sovereign is pledged for the political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the whole of it . You must therefore either aban ...
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... question , Why did you repeal the others given in the same act , whilst the very same violence subsisted ? the violence cease upon that concession . - No ! be- cause the concession was far short of satisfying the principle which Lord ...
... question , Why did you repeal the others given in the same act , whilst the very same violence subsisted ? the violence cease upon that concession . - No ! be- cause the concession was far short of satisfying the principle which Lord ...
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... questions arose . ( I hope I am not going into a narrative troublesome to the House . ) [ A cry of " Go on , go on ... question was , on what principle the act should be repealed . On this head also two principles were started . One ...
... questions arose . ( I hope I am not going into a narrative troublesome to the House . ) [ A cry of " Go on , go on ... question was , on what principle the act should be repealed . On this head also two principles were started . One ...
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