The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... concerned in this ill design is not very imposing ; yet the audaciousness of these conspirators against the national honour , and the extensive wickedness of their attempts , have raised persons of little importance to a degree of evil ...
... concerned in this ill design is not very imposing ; yet the audaciousness of these conspirators against the national honour , and the extensive wickedness of their attempts , have raised persons of little importance to a degree of evil ...
Page 23
... concern , was hauled to the bar of the Old Bailey , among common felons , and only escaped the same doom , either by some error in the process , or that the wretch who brought him there could not correctly describe his person : I now ...
... concern , was hauled to the bar of the Old Bailey , among common felons , and only escaped the same doom , either by some error in the process , or that the wretch who brought him there could not correctly describe his person : I now ...
Page 24
... concerned . A mercenary informer knows no distinction . Under such a system , the obnoxious people are slaves , not only to the govern- ment , but they live at the mercy of every individual they are at once the slaves of the whole ...
... concerned . A mercenary informer knows no distinction . Under such a system , the obnoxious people are slaves , not only to the govern- ment , but they live at the mercy of every individual they are at once the slaves of the whole ...
Page 41
... concern . after all , are we equally sure , that they are adverse to our constitution , as that our statutes are ... concerned , ( principles that I hope will only depart with my last breath ) I have no idea of a liberty unconnected with ...
... concern . after all , are we equally sure , that they are adverse to our constitution , as that our statutes are ... concerned , ( principles that I hope will only depart with my last breath ) I have no idea of a liberty unconnected with ...
Page 50
... concerned , would be neither decent nor true . The representation of Bristol was an object on many accounts dear to me ; and I certainly should very far prefer it to any other in the kingdom . My habits are made to it ; and it is in ...
... concerned , would be neither decent nor true . The representation of Bristol was an object on many accounts dear to me ; and I certainly should very far prefer it to any other in the kingdom . My habits are made to it ; and it is in ...
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