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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... of the publication . What remain are some small fragments of the tract , and a few letters containing no new matter of importance . I shall begin with those which relate to the possession 6 TRACTS ON THE POPERY LAWS .
... of the publication . What remain are some small fragments of the tract , and a few letters containing no new matter of importance . I shall begin with those which relate to the possession 6 TRACTS ON THE POPERY LAWS .
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Edmund Burke. I shall begin with those which relate to the possession and inheritance of landed property in Popish ... possessed of an estate in fee simple , or in fee tail , the land is to be divided by equal portions between all the ...
Edmund Burke. I shall begin with those which relate to the possession and inheritance of landed property in Popish ... possessed of an estate in fee simple , or in fee tail , the land is to be divided by equal portions between all the ...
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... possession , ( which had been before reduced to an estate for life , ) such an immediate annual allowance as the lord chancellor or lord - keeper shall judge suitable to his age and quality . This indulgence is not confined to the ...
... possession , ( which had been before reduced to an estate for life , ) such an immediate annual allowance as the lord chancellor or lord - keeper shall judge suitable to his age and quality . This indulgence is not confined to the ...
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... possession , and not in reversion . If any lease is made , exceeding either in duration or value , and in the smallest degree , the above limits , the whole interest is forfeited , and vested ipso facto in the first Protestant ...
... possession , and not in reversion . If any lease is made , exceeding either in duration or value , and in the smallest degree , the above limits , the whole interest is forfeited , and vested ipso facto in the first Protestant ...
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... however , is rarely the case , it has a tendency to create a resistance from the estab lishment in possession , productive of great disorders ; and thus becomes , innocently indeed , but yet very certainly TRACTS ON THE POPERY LAWS , 31.
... however , is rarely the case , it has a tendency to create a resistance from the estab lishment in possession , productive of great disorders ; and thus becomes , innocently indeed , but yet very certainly TRACTS ON THE POPERY LAWS , 31.
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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.