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... is often driven , in popular disturbances , to bave recourse : and particularly it
was with a well grounded expectation of procuring thereby the accomplishment
of a great act of national justice , by the restoration of our Roman Catholick fellow
...
... is often driven , in popular disturbances , to bave recourse : and particularly it
was with a well grounded expectation of procuring thereby the accomplishment
of a great act of national justice , by the restoration of our Roman Catholick fellow
...
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My lords , there are persons , who , looking rather upon what was to be found in
our records and histories , than what was to be expected from the publiek justice ,
had formed hopes consolatory to themselves and dishonourable to us .
My lords , there are persons , who , looking rather upon what was to be found in
our records and histories , than what was to be expected from the publiek justice ,
had formed hopes consolatory to themselves and dishonourable to us .
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In this court it is , that no subject , in no part of the empire , can fail of competent
and proportionable justice : here it is , that we provide for that , which is the
substantial excellence of our constitution ; I mean , the great circulation of
responsibility ...
In this court it is , that no subject , in no part of the empire , can fail of competent
and proportionable justice : here it is , that we provide for that , which is the
substantial excellence of our constitution ; I mean , the great circulation of
responsibility ...
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... were appointed by parliament to assert the authority of the laws of this kingdom
, were the most forward , the most bold , and the most active , in the conspiracy for
their destruction ; then it was time for the justice of the nation to recollect itself .
... were appointed by parliament to assert the authority of the laws of this kingdom
, were the most forward , the most bold , and the most active , in the conspiracy for
their destruction ; then it was time for the justice of the nation to recollect itself .
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We have chosen ( we trust , it will so appear to your lordships ) such a crime , and
such a criminal , and such a body of evidence , and such a mode of process , as
would have recommended this course of justice to posterity , even if it had not ...
We have chosen ( we trust , it will so appear to your lordships ) such a crime , and
such a criminal , and such a body of evidence , and such a mode of process , as
would have recommended this course of justice to posterity , even if it had not ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wells and Lilly, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
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