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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... JAMES PRIOR , ESQ . FIFTH EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . With Fine Portrait . Printed uniformly with the present Edition , to which it forms an essential accompaniment . Price 3s . 6d . THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE .
... JAMES PRIOR , ESQ . FIFTH EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . With Fine Portrait . Printed uniformly with the present Edition , to which it forms an essential accompaniment . Price 3s . 6d . THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE .
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... 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 state of the affairs and ...
... 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 state of the affairs and ...
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... present any further 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 ...
... present any further 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 ...
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... present possessors might happen to be long lived . The legislature knew the natural impatience of expectants , and upon this principle they gave encouragement to children to anticipate the inheritance . For it is provided , that the ...
... present possessors might happen to be long lived . The legislature knew the natural impatience of expectants , and upon this principle they gave encouragement to children to anticipate the inheritance . For it is provided , that the ...
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... present equality can never be the foundation of statutes , which create an artificial difference between men , as the laws be- fore us do , in order to induce a consequential inequality in the distribution of justice . Law is a mode of ...
... present equality can never be the foundation of statutes , which create an artificial difference between men , as the laws be- fore us do , in order to induce a consequential inequality in the distribution of justice . Law is a mode of ...
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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.