The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 187
... for by such measures of justice or of lenity , as at the time they should find best . But if we weaken it , not only by ar- bitrary bitrary limitations of our own , but preserve such persons POLICY OF THE ALLIES . 187.
... for by such measures of justice or of lenity , as at the time they should find best . But if we weaken it , not only by ar- bitrary bitrary limitations of our own , but preserve such persons POLICY OF THE ALLIES . 187.
Page 188
... justice of the native magistrate by foreign authority will owe nothing to his clemency . He will , and must , look to those to whom he is indebted for the power he has of dispensing it . A jacobin faction , constantly fostered with the ...
... justice of the native magistrate by foreign authority will owe nothing to his clemency . He will , and must , look to those to whom he is indebted for the power he has of dispensing it . A jacobin faction , constantly fostered with the ...
Page 189
... justice , we should only leave the innocent in future to the mercy of men of fierce and sanguinary dispositions , of which , in spite of all our intermeddling in their constitu- tion , we could not prevent the effects . But tion ...
... justice , we should only leave the innocent in future to the mercy of men of fierce and sanguinary dispositions , of which , in spite of all our intermeddling in their constitu- tion , we could not prevent the effects . But tion ...
Page 191
... justice , and of example , and of future security to the publick peace ? They are naturally pointed out , not by their having outraged po- litical and civil laws , nor their having rebelled against the state , as a state , but by their ...
... justice , and of example , and of future security to the publick peace ? They are naturally pointed out , not by their having outraged po- litical and civil laws , nor their having rebelled against the state , as a state , but by their ...
Page 192
... justice and of their own declared rights of man have been trodden under foot with the most insolent mockery ; all men concerned in the burning and demolition of houses or churches , with audacious and marked acts of sacrilege and scorn ...
... justice and of their own declared rights of man have been trodden under foot with the most insolent mockery ; all men concerned in the burning and demolition of houses or churches , with audacious and marked acts of sacrilege and scorn ...
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