The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... ment of a Constitutional Government . These expec- tations continued till the death of Mirabeau in April , 1791. The King himself had acquiesced ; though the more truculent nobles , from a safe distance , continued to urge him and ...
... ment of a Constitutional Government . These expec- tations continued till the death of Mirabeau in April , 1791. The King himself had acquiesced ; though the more truculent nobles , from a safe distance , continued to urge him and ...
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... ment of the crown , in the Brunswick line , derived from James I , come to legalize our monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring countries ? At some time or other , to be sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen ...
... ment of the crown , in the Brunswick line , derived from James I , come to legalize our monarchy , rather than that of any of the neighbouring countries ? At some time or other , to be sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen ...
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... ment for ourselves . ' This Declaration of night ( the act of the 1st of William and Mary , sess . 2 , ch . 2 ) , is the corner - stone of our constitution , as reinforced , explained , improved , and in its fundamental principles for ...
... ment for ourselves . ' This Declaration of night ( the act of the 1st of William and Mary , sess . 2 , ch . 2 ) , is the corner - stone of our constitution , as reinforced , explained , improved , and in its fundamental principles for ...
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... 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 the same body politic . It is far from impossible to ...
... 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 the same body politic . It is far from impossible to ...
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... the act of settle- ment of the 12th and 13th of King William , for a stock and root of inheritance to our kings , and not for her merits as a temporary administratrix of a power , which she might not , and in fact did not ,
... the act of settle- ment of the 12th and 13th of King William , for a stock and root of inheritance to our kings , and not for her merits as a temporary administratrix of a power , which she might not , and in fact did not ,
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