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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... means of pre- venting something that is worse . So far with regard to what at first view may appear a distemper in the constitution . As to the remedy of that distemper , an equal caution ought to be used ; because this latter ...
... means of pre- venting something that is worse . So far with regard to what at first view may appear a distemper in the constitution . As to the remedy of that distemper , an equal caution ought to be used ; because this latter ...
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... means reject the proposi tions - much less do I condemn the gentlemen who , with equal good intentions , with much better abilities , and with infinitely greater personal weight and consideration than mine , are of opinion , that this ...
... means reject the proposi tions - much less do I condemn the gentlemen who , with equal good intentions , with much better abilities , and with infinitely greater personal weight and consideration than mine , are of opinion , that this ...
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... means of charging and securing it : a law which supersedes all observation . But the law is still more extensive in its provision . Because there was a possibility that the parent , though sworn , might by false representations evade ...
... means of charging and securing it : a law which supersedes all observation . But the law is still more extensive in its provision . Because there was a possibility that the parent , though sworn , might by false representations evade ...
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... means totally rest on their discretion . Besides the discretionary and occasional search , the_statute has prescribed one that is general and periodical . It is to be made annually , by the warrant of the justices at their Midsummer ...
... means totally rest on their discretion . Besides the discretionary and occasional search , the_statute has prescribed one that is general and periodical . It is to be made annually , by the warrant of the justices at their Midsummer ...
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... means on account of the imperfection of the law ; it is on ac- count of its erroneous principle ; for , if this be fundamentally wrong , the more perfect the law is made the worse it be comes . It cannot be said to have the properties ...
... means on account of the imperfection of the law ; it is on ac- count of its erroneous principle ; for , if this be fundamentally wrong , the more perfect the law is made the worse it be comes . It cannot be said to have the properties ...
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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.