The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... crown . Now if they may be roused from their sleep , whenever a minister thinks proper , as instruments of oppression , then they put vast bodies of men into a state of slavery and court dependence ; since their liberty of conscience ...
... crown . Now if they may be roused from their sleep , whenever a minister thinks proper , as instruments of oppression , then they put vast bodies of men into a state of slavery and court dependence ; since their liberty of conscience ...
Page 62
... crown had not left Parliament in this very ungrace- ful distress , in which they can neither retract with dignity nor persist with justice . Another Parliament might have satisfied the people without lowering themselves . But our ...
... crown had not left Parliament in this very ungrace- ful distress , in which they can neither retract with dignity nor persist with justice . Another Parliament might have satisfied the people without lowering themselves . But our ...
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... crown , then its constituents . But the first thing that was done on the restoration of the Constitution was to settle this point . Secondly , I lay it down as a rule , that the power of occasional incapacitation , on discretionary ...
... crown , then its constituents . But the first thing that was done on the restoration of the Constitution was to settle this point . Secondly , I lay it down as a rule , that the power of occasional incapacitation , on discretionary ...
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... crown , by its con- stant , stated power , influence , and revenue , would wear out all opposition in elections , or that a vio- lent and furious popular spirit would arise . I must see , to satisfy me , the remedies ; I must see , from ...
... crown , by its con- stant , stated power , influence , and revenue , would wear out all opposition in elections , or that a vio- lent and furious popular spirit would arise . I must see , to satisfy me , the remedies ; I must see , from ...
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... crown . On these prin- ciples I mean to debate the question . It is easy to pretend a zeal for liberty . Those who think them- selves not likely to be incumbered with the per- formance of their promises , either from their known ...
... crown . On these prin- ciples I mean to debate the question . It is easy to pretend a zeal for liberty . Those who think them- selves not likely to be incumbered with the per- formance of their promises , either from their known ...
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