The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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Page 13
... true , that when a special authority is given to any persons by name to do some particular act , that no others , by virtue of general powers , can obtain a legal title to intrude themselves into that trust , and to ex- ercise those ...
... true , that when a special authority is given to any persons by name to do some particular act , that no others , by virtue of general powers , can obtain a legal title to intrude themselves into that trust , and to ex- ercise those ...
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... true . The scene of the Indian abuse is distant , indeed ; but we must not infer that the value of our interest in it is decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view . In our politics , as in our common conduct , we shall be ...
... true . The scene of the Indian abuse is distant , indeed ; but we must not infer that the value of our interest in it is decreased in proportion as it recedes from our view . In our politics , as in our common conduct , we shall be ...
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... true bear- ings and relations . After all its reductions , the Brit- ish empire is still vast and various . After all the reductions of the House of Commons , ( stripped as we are of our brightest ornaments and of our most im- portant ...
... true bear- ings and relations . After all its reductions , the Brit- ish empire is still vast and various . After all the reductions of the House of Commons , ( stripped as we are of our brightest ornaments and of our most im- portant ...
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... true to itself , and faithful to its own perverted order . Those who are bountiful to crimes will be rigid to merit and penurious to service . Their penury is even held out as a blind and cover to their prodigality . The economy of ...
... true to itself , and faithful to its own perverted order . Those who are bountiful to crimes will be rigid to merit and penurious to service . Their penury is even held out as a blind and cover to their prodigality . The economy of ...
Page 37
... true that this debt was ever protected or enforced , or any reve- nue whatsoever set apart for it . It was left in that bill just where it stood : to be paid or not to be paid out of the Nabob's private treasures , according to his own ...
... true that this debt was ever protected or enforced , or any reve- nue whatsoever set apart for it . It was left in that bill just where it stood : to be paid or not to be paid out of the Nabob's private treasures , according to his own ...
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