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Page 65
... same time to the great qualities whence that authority arose . The subject is
instructive to those who wish to form themselves on whatever of excellence has
gone before them . There are many young members in the House ( such of late
has ...
... same time to the great qualities whence that authority arose . The subject is
instructive to those who wish to form themselves on whatever of excellence has
gone before them . There are many young members in the House ( such of late
has ...
Page 117
Pass by the other parts , and look at the man . ner in which the people of New
England have of late carried on the whale - fishery . Whilst we follow them among
the tumbling mountains of ice , and behold them penetrating into the deepest ...
Pass by the other parts , and look at the man . ner in which the people of New
England have of late carried on the whale - fishery . Whilst we follow them among
the tumbling mountains of ice , and behold them penetrating into the deepest ...
Page 129
... without public council , without judges , without executive magistrates . How
long it will continue in this state , or what may arise out of this unheard - of
situation , how can the wisest of us conjecture ? Our late experience has taught
us ...
... without public council , without judges , without executive magistrates . How
long it will continue in this state , or what may arise out of this unheard - of
situation , how can the wisest of us conjecture ? Our late experience has taught
us ...
Page 135
If , then , Sir , it seems almost desperate to think of any alterative course for
changing the moral causes ( and not quite easy to remove the natural ) which
produce prejudices irreconcilable to the late exercise of our authority , but that the
spirit ir ...
If , then , Sir , it seems almost desperate to think of any alterative course for
changing the moral causes ( and not quite easy to remove the natural ) which
produce prejudices irreconcilable to the late exercise of our authority , but that the
spirit ir ...
Page 138
For , though rebellion is declared , it is not proceeded against as such ; nor have
any steps been taken towards the apprehension or conviction of any individual
offender , either on our late or our former address ; but modes of public coercion ...
For , though rebellion is declared , it is not proceeded against as such ; nor have
any steps been taken towards the apprehension or conviction of any individual
offender , either on our late or our former address ; but modes of public coercion ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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