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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... observation upon them , but just what shall be necessary to render the drift and intention of the legislature , and the tendency and operation of the laws , the more distinct and evident . but the copy from which it is printed is ...
... observation upon them , but just what shall be necessary to render the drift and intention of the legislature , and the tendency and operation of the laws , the more distinct and evident . but the copy from which it is printed is ...
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... 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 the discovery of the ultimate value of his estate , a new bill ...
... 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 the discovery of the ultimate value of his estate , a new bill ...
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... observe , first , that by the express words of the law all possibility of acquir ing any species of valuable property , in any sort connected with land , is taken away and secondly , by the construction , all security for money is also ...
... observe , first , that by the express words of the law all possibility of acquir ing any species of valuable property , in any sort connected with land , is taken away and secondly , by the construction , all security for money is also ...
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... observation of many ceremonies , they conform to the Established Church , and take all the oaths and subscriptions , the legislature , in consideration of the incapable age in which they were sent abroad , of the merit of their early ...
... observation of many ceremonies , they conform to the Established Church , and take all the oaths and subscriptions , the legislature , in consideration of the incapable age in which they were sent abroad , of the merit of their early ...
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... observed , by no 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 ...
... observed , by no 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 ...
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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.