The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... manner which the confidence we have in the justice of our cause demands from the Commons of Great Britain . My Lords , these are the opinions of those with whom I have the honor to act , and in their opinions I readily acquiesce . For I ...
... manner which the confidence we have in the justice of our cause demands from the Commons of Great Britain . My Lords , these are the opinions of those with whom I have the honor to act , and in their opinions I readily acquiesce . For I ...
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... manner I am able , a history of that corrupt system which brought on all the subsequent acts of corruption . I will venture to say there is no one act , in which tyranny , malice , cruelty , and op- pression can be charged , that does ...
... manner I am able , a history of that corrupt system which brought on all the subsequent acts of corruption . I will venture to say there is no one act , in which tyranny , malice , cruelty , and op- pression can be charged , that does ...
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... manner in which those stupendous fortunes which astonish the world have been made . They have been made , first by a tyrannous exaction from the people who were suffered to remain in possession of their own land as farmers , then by ...
... manner in which those stupendous fortunes which astonish the world have been made . They have been made , first by a tyrannous exaction from the people who were suffered to remain in possession of their own land as farmers , then by ...
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... manner of corruptions and mal- versations in office , without the exception of any per- sons whatever . Your Lordships are to know that the act did expressly authorize the Court of Directors to frame a body of instructions , and to give ...
... manner of corruptions and mal- versations in office , without the exception of any per- sons whatever . Your Lordships are to know that the act did expressly authorize the Court of Directors to frame a body of instructions , and to give ...
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... manner as a daily allow- ance , but given in a gross sum . But take it in his own way , it was no less illegal , and no less contrary to his covenant ; but if true under the circumstances , it was an horrible aggravation of his crime ...
... manner as a daily allow- ance , but given in a gross sum . But take it in his own way , it was no less illegal , and no less contrary to his covenant ; but if true under the circumstances , it was an horrible aggravation of his crime ...
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