The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... members of parliament . I pass over here all considera- tions 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 considera- tions 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 ...
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... members of a parliament in which they never sat , can ar- rive at their several provinces . A new interest is formed , and they find other members are chosen whilst they are on the high seas . But , if the writs and members arrive ...
... members of a parliament in which they never sat , can ar- rive at their several provinces . A new interest is formed , and they find other members are chosen whilst they are on the high seas . But , if the writs and members arrive ...
Page 263
... members of parliament , returning officers , petitions , and witnesses , the electors and elected , should become a prize to the French or Spaniards , and be conveyed to Car- thagena , or to La Vera Cruz , and from thence perhaps to ...
... members of parliament , returning officers , petitions , and witnesses , the electors and elected , should become a prize to the French or Spaniards , and be conveyed to Car- thagena , or to La Vera Cruz , and from thence perhaps to ...
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... 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 ...
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... members of parliament . No private views , no local interests prevailed . Never were points in trade settled upon a larger scale of information . They who attended these meetings well know , what ministers they were who heard the most ...
... members of parliament . No private views , no local interests prevailed . Never were points in trade settled upon a larger scale of information . They who attended these meetings well know , what ministers they were who heard the most ...
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