The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Wells and Lilly, 1827 - Great Britain |
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Page 18
... the process ; which , though I mentioned last in the line and order , in which I stated the objects of our selection , I thought it best to dispatch first . As to the crime , which we chose , we 18 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
... the process ; which , though I mentioned last in the line and order , in which I stated the objects of our selection , I thought it best to dispatch first . As to the crime , which we chose , we 18 SPEECH IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
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... object . It is not from this district , or from that parish , not from this city , or the other province , that relief is now applied for : exiled and undone princes , extensive tribes , suffering nations , infinite descrip- tions of ...
... object . It is not from this district , or from that parish , not from this city , or the other province , that relief is now applied for : exiled and undone princes , extensive tribes , suffering nations , infinite descrip- tions of ...
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... objects , which it touched ; subordinate with regard to the power , from whence its great trust was derived . Under these successive arrangements things took , a course very different from their usual order . A new dis- position took ...
... objects , which it touched ; subordinate with regard to the power , from whence its great trust was derived . Under these successive arrangements things took , a course very different from their usual order . A new dis- position took ...
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... object , and to exist in a state of perfect incorruption in that service . : In some parts of Europe , it is true , that the greatest situ- ations are often attended with but little emolument ; yet still they are filled . Why ? Because ...
... object , and to exist in a state of perfect incorruption in that service . : In some parts of Europe , it is true , that the greatest situ- ations are often attended with but little emolument ; yet still they are filled . Why ? Because ...
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... objects and put into unsuitable situations ) —the very laws of England , by making the recovery of debts more ea- sy , infinitely increase the power of the banyan over his mas- Thus the supreme court of justice , the destined cor ...
... objects and put into unsuitable situations ) —the very laws of England , by making the recovery of debts more ea- sy , infinitely increase the power of the banyan over his mas- Thus the supreme court of justice , the destined cor ...
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