The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... king's own chapel at St. James's ring with the honour and privilege of the saints , who , with the high praises of God in their mouths , and a two - edged sword in their hands , were to execute judgment on the heathen , and punishments ...
... king's own chapel at St. James's ring with the honour and privilege of the saints , who , with the high praises of God in their mouths , and a two - edged sword in their hands , were to execute judgment on the heathen , and punishments ...
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... king in the world , because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people . ' As to the kings of the world , all of whom ( except one ) this arch pontiff of the rights of men , with all the plenitude , and with more than ...
... king in the world , because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people . ' As to the kings of the world , all of whom ( except one ) this arch pontiff of the rights of men , with all the plenitude , and with more than ...
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... king owes his crown to the choice of his people , and is therefore the only lawful sovereign in the world , they will perhaps tell us they mean to say no more than that some of the king's predecessors have been called to the throne by ...
... king owes his crown to the choice of his people , and is therefore the only lawful sovereign in the world , they will perhaps tell us they mean to say no more than that some of the king's predecessors have been called to the throne by ...
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... kings might have been here , or elsewhere , a thousand years ago , or in whatever manner the ruling dynasties of England or France may have begun , the king of Great Britain is , at this day , king by a fixed rule of succession ...
... kings might have been here , or elsewhere , a thousand years ago , or in whatever manner the ruling dynasties of England or France may have begun , the king of Great Britain is , at this day , king by a fixed rule of succession ...
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... few years after this period , a second opportunity offered for asserting a right of election to the crown . On the prospect of a total failure of issue from King BURKE . IV ва C William , and from the princess , afterwards Queen Anne.
... few years after this period , a second opportunity offered for asserting a right of election to the crown . On the prospect of a total failure of issue from King BURKE . IV ва C William , and from the princess , afterwards Queen Anne.
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