The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... equal authority , emanating from the common agree- ment and original compact of the state , communi sponsione reipublicæ , and as such are equally binding on king and people too , as long as the terms are observed , and they continue ...
... equal authority , emanating from the common agree- ment and original compact of the state , communi sponsione reipublicæ , and as such are equally binding on king and people too , as long as the terms are observed , and they continue ...
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... equal in number to the representatives of both the other orders . If the orders were to act separately , the number would not , beyond the consideration of the expense , be of much moment . But when it became apparent that the orders ...
... equal in number to the representatives of both the other orders . If the orders were to act separately , the number would not , beyond the consideration of the expense , be of much moment . But when it became apparent that the orders ...
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... equal to the situation , into which , by the worst of usurpations , an usurpation on the prerogatives of nature , you attempt to force them . The Chancellor of France , at the opening of the states , said , in a tone of oratorical ...
... equal to the situation , into which , by the worst of usurpations , an usurpation on the prerogatives of nature , you attempt to force them . The Chancellor of France , at the opening of the states , said , in a tone of oratorical ...
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... , or perhaps till the acquisition of a pure and equal representation by 1 ' Discourse on the Love of our Country , ' 3rd edit . p . 39 . INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION 61 other countries , whilst we are mocked 60 REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION.
... , or perhaps till the acquisition of a pure and equal representation by 1 ' Discourse on the Love of our Country , ' 3rd edit . p . 39 . INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION 61 other countries , whilst we are mocked 60 REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION.
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... equal representation , which being once obtained the same effects might follow . You see they con- sider our House of Commons as only a semblance , ' a form , ' ' a theory , ' ' a shadow , ' ' a mockery , ' perhaps ' a nuisance . ' 6 ...
... equal representation , which being once obtained the same effects might follow . You see they con- sider our House of Commons as only a semblance , ' a form , ' ' a theory , ' ' a shadow , ' ' a mockery , ' perhaps ' a nuisance . ' 6 ...
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