The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 370
... members of Parliament . I pass over here all considerations how far such a system will be an improvement of our constitution according to any sound theory . Not that I mean to condemn such speculative inquiries concerning this great ...
... members of Parliament . I pass over here all considerations how far such a system will be an improvement of our constitution according to any sound theory . Not that I mean to condemn such speculative inquiries concerning this great ...
Page 374
... Parliament is dissolved ; and then the members ship themselves again , to be again elected . The writs may arrive in America , before the poor members of a Parliament in which they never sat , can arrive at their several prov- inces . A ...
... Parliament is dissolved ; and then the members ship themselves again , to be again elected . The writs may arrive in America , before the poor members of a Parliament in which they never sat , can arrive at their several prov- inces . A ...
Page 375
... members of Parliament , returning - officers , peti tions , and witnesses , the electors and elected , should become a prize to the French or Spaniards , and be conveyed to Carthagena , or to La Vera Cruz , and from thence perhaps to ...
... members of Parliament , returning - officers , peti tions , and witnesses , the electors and elected , should become a prize to the French or Spaniards , and be conveyed to Carthagena , or to La Vera Cruz , and from thence perhaps to ...
Page 399
... Parliament . If an emulation arose among the ministers and members of Parliament , as the author rightly observes , * for the repeal of this act , as well as for the other regulations , it was not on the confident assertions , the airy ...
... Parliament . If an emulation arose among the ministers and members of Parliament , as the author rightly observes , * for the repeal of this act , as well as for the other regulations , it was not on the confident assertions , the airy ...
Page 448
... Members of Parliament were to be hardened into an insensi- bility to pride as well as to duty . Those high and haughty sentiments , which are the great support of independence , were to be let down gradually . Points of honor and ...
... Members of Parliament were to be hardened into an insensi- bility to pride as well as to duty . Those high and haughty sentiments , which are the great support of independence , were to be let down gradually . Points of honor and ...
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