The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Miscellaneous speeches, letters, and fragments. Abridgment of English history, etc. With a general indexG. Bell & sons, 1890 - Political science |
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... called upon to declare it your opinion , that the House of Commons is not The meeting of the freeholders of the county of Buckingham , which occasioned the following letter , was called for the purpose of taking into consideration a ...
... called upon to declare it your opinion , that the House of Commons is not The meeting of the freeholders of the county of Buckingham , which occasioned the following letter , was called for the purpose of taking into consideration a ...
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... called the real sense of the people . I trust it will not be taken amiss , if , as an inhabitant and freeholder of this county , ( one indeed among the most incon- siderable , ) I assert my right of dissenting ( as I do dissent fully ...
... called the real sense of the people . I trust it will not be taken amiss , if , as an inhabitant and freeholder of this county , ( one indeed among the most incon- siderable , ) I assert my right of dissenting ( as I do dissent fully ...
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... called a court of equity , to prefer a bill against his father , and compel him to confess , upon oath , the quantity and value of his substance , personal as well as real , of what nature soever , or howsoever it might be employed ...
... called a court of equity , to prefer a bill against his father , and compel him to confess , upon oath , the quantity and value of his substance , personal as well as real , of what nature soever , or howsoever it might be employed ...
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... called Elegit , and this writ has been ever since the ordinary assurance of the land , and the great foundation of general credit in the nation . Although the species of holding under this writ is not specified in the statute , the ...
... called Elegit , and this writ has been ever since the ordinary assurance of the land , and the great foundation of general credit in the nation . Although the species of holding under this writ is not specified in the statute , the ...
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... called laws to oblige men , baptized and educated in Popery , to renounce their religion or their property ; but are called laws to pre- vent the growth of Popery ; as if their purpose was only to prevent conversions to that sect , and ...
... called laws to oblige men , baptized and educated in Popery , to renounce their religion or their property ; but are called laws to pre- vent the growth of Popery ; as if their purpose was only to prevent conversions to that sect , and ...
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Page 107 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.