The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 7
... liberty of that Church , I must absolutely deny . The Church , like every body corporate , may alter her laws without changing her identity . As an independ ent church , professing fallibility , she has claimed a right of acting without ...
... liberty of that Church , I must absolutely deny . The Church , like every body corporate , may alter her laws without changing her identity . As an independ ent church , professing fallibility , she has claimed a right of acting without ...
Page 12
... liberty to assemble a congregation of their own ; and if any persons think their fancies ( they may be bril- liant imaginations ) worth paying for , they are at lib- erty to maintain them as their clergy : nothing hin- ders it . But if ...
... liberty to assemble a congregation of their own ; and if any persons think their fancies ( they may be bril- liant imaginations ) worth paying for , they are at lib- erty to maintain them as their clergy : nothing hin- ders it . But if ...
Page 14
... liberty consists in being gov- erned according to law , as if grievances had nothing real and intrinsic ; but I cannot be of that opinion . Grievances may subsist by law . Nay , I do 14 SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY .
... liberty consists in being gov- erned according to law , as if grievances had nothing real and intrinsic ; but I cannot be of that opinion . Grievances may subsist by law . Nay , I do 14 SPEECH ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY .
Page 15
... liberty , to my astonishment I find that there was no complaint whatsoever of the insufficiency of the act of King William , nor any attempt to make it more sufficient . The matter , therefore , does not con- cern toleration , but ...
... liberty , to my astonishment I find that there was no complaint whatsoever of the insufficiency of the act of King William , nor any attempt to make it more sufficient . The matter , therefore , does not con- cern toleration , but ...
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... liberty in the candidate for or- ders , you take away the liberty of the elector , which is the people , that is , the state . If they can choose , they may assign a reason for their choice ; if they can assign a reason , they may do it ...
... liberty in the candidate for or- ders , you take away the liberty of the elector , which is the people , that is , the state . If they can choose , they may assign a reason for their choice ; if they can assign a reason , they may do it ...
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