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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... particular , that in the present state of the country , in the present state of our representa- tion , in the present state of our rights and modes of elect- ing , in the present state of the several prevalent interests , in the present ...
... particular , that in the present state of the country , in the present state of our representa- tion , in the present state of our rights and modes of elect- ing , in the present state of the several prevalent interests , in the present ...
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... particular account of the part which he took in the discussion of this great political question . At present it may suffice to say , that the letter to Mr. Smith , the second letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe , and the letter to his son ...
... particular account of the part which he took in the discussion of this great political question . At present it may suffice to say , that the letter to Mr. Smith , the second letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe , and the letter to his son ...
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... particular , in order to induce their forfeiture on the discovery . In such suits the informer is not liable to those delays which the ordinary procedure of those courts throws into the way of the justest claimant ; nor has the Papist ...
... particular , in order to induce their forfeiture on the discovery . In such suits the informer is not liable to those delays which the ordinary procedure of those courts throws into the way of the justest claimant ; nor has the Papist ...
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... particular search , seems to have been made by a legislature which was not at all extra- vagantly jealous of personal liberty . Not trusting , however , to the activity of the magistrate acting officially , the law has invited all ...
... particular search , seems to have been made by a legislature which was not at all extra- vagantly jealous of personal liberty . Not trusting , however , to the activity of the magistrate acting officially , the law has invited all ...
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... particular , this question will be considered with as much order as can be followed in a matter of itself as involved and intricate as it is important . The first and most capital consideration with regard to this , as to every object ...
... particular , this question will be considered with as much order as can be followed in a matter of itself as involved and intricate as it is important . The first and most capital consideration with regard to this , as to every object ...
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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.