The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assemblyG. Bell & sons, 1892 |
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... late rebellions in this king- dom ? The answer to all demands of that sort was , " We can engage for nothing ; you are at the king's pleasure . " We ought to remember , that if our present enemies be , in reality and truth , rebels ...
... late rebellions in this king- dom ? The answer to all demands of that sort was , " We can engage for nothing ; you are at the king's pleasure . " We ought to remember , that if our present enemies be , in reality and truth , rebels ...
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... late proceedings we see very few traces of that generosity , humanity , and dignity of mind , which formerly characterized this nation . War suspends the rules of moral obligation , and what is long suspended is in danger of being ...
... late proceedings we see very few traces of that generosity , humanity , and dignity of mind , which formerly characterized this nation . War suspends the rules of moral obligation , and what is long suspended is in danger of being ...
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... late been seduced or bullied , or into the appearance of which they have sunk through mere despair . They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to rebellion . Men of great presump- tion and little ...
... late been seduced or bullied , or into the appearance of which they have sunk through mere despair . They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to rebellion . Men of great presump- tion and little ...
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... late controversies , and treated as if they were the most contemptible and irrational of all things . I have heard it a hundred times very gravely alleged , that in order to keep power in wind , it was necessary , by preference , to ...
... late controversies , and treated as if they were the most contemptible and irrational of all things . I have heard it a hundred times very gravely alleged , that in order to keep power in wind , it was necessary , by preference , to ...
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... late coercive statutes , but for mutilating , by a positive law , the entireness of the legislative power of parliament , and cutting off from it the whole right of taxation ? I answer , because a different state of things re- quires a ...
... late coercive statutes , but for mutilating , by a positive law , the entireness of the legislative power of parliament , and cutting off from it the whole right of taxation ? I answer , because a different state of things re- quires a ...
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