The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... body called an house of commons . They went much farther ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that in theory it ought to be so , from the particular na- ture of a house of commons , as an immediate re- presentative of the ...
... body called an house of commons . They went much farther ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that in theory it ought to be so , from the particular na- ture of a house of commons , as an immediate re- presentative of the ...
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... body , and has a regular establishment . It is certainly true . There is how- ever a circumstance attending these colonies , which , in my opinion , fully counterbalances this differ- ence , and makes the spirit of liberty still more ...
... body , and has a regular establishment . It is certainly true . There is how- ever a circumstance attending these colonies , which , in my opinion , fully counterbalances this differ- ence , and makes the spirit of liberty still more ...
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... bodies , the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . Nature has said it . The Turk cannot govern Egypt , and Arabia , and Curdistan , as he governs Thrace ; nor has he the same dominion in Crimea and Algiers ...
... bodies , the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . Nature has said it . The Turk cannot govern Egypt , and Arabia , and Curdistan , as he governs Thrace ; nor has he the same dominion in Crimea and Algiers ...
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... bodies , entrusted with magistracies of great authority and dignity , and charged with the safety of their fellow - citizens , upon the very same title that I am . I really think , that for wise men this is not judicious ; for sober men ...
... bodies , entrusted with magistracies of great authority and dignity , and charged with the safety of their fellow - citizens , upon the very same title that I am . I really think , that for wise men this is not judicious ; for sober men ...
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... body of prece- dents for the authority of parliament and the use of it ! —I admit it fully ; and pray add likewise to those precedents , that all the while , Wales rid this kingdom G 3 kingdom like an incubus ; that it was an un ...
... body of prece- dents for the authority of parliament and the use of it ! —I admit it fully ; and pray add likewise to those precedents , that all the while , Wales rid this kingdom G 3 kingdom like an incubus ; that it was an un ...
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