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 - Political science |
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... GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade of IRELAND SPEECH ON Presenting tO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE Independence of Parliament , AND THE ECONOMICAL ...
... GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade of IRELAND SPEECH ON Presenting tO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE Independence of Parliament , AND THE ECONOMICAL ...
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... gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this kingdom of treasons committed out of ...
... gentlemen , to apprize you , that there is an act , made so long ago as in the reign of Henry the Eighth , before the existence or thought of any English colonies in America , for the trial in this kingdom of treasons committed out of ...
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... gentlemen , that we sympathize in a proper horror of all punishment further than as it serves for an example . To whom then does the example of an execu- tion in England for this American rebellion apply ? Re- member , you are told ...
... gentlemen , that we sympathize in a proper horror of all punishment further than as it serves for an example . To whom then does the example of an execu- tion in England for this American rebellion apply ? Re- member , you are told ...
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... gentlemen , that this appears to me as bad in the principle , and far worse in its consequence , than an universal suspension of the Habeas Corpus act ; and the limiting quali- fication , instead of taking out the sting , does in my ...
... gentlemen , that this appears to me as bad in the principle , and far worse in its consequence , than an universal suspension of the Habeas Corpus act ; and the limiting quali- fication , instead of taking out the sting , does in my ...
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... as moral agents . Indeed our affairs are in a bad condition . I do assure those gentlemen who have prayed for war , and have obtained the blessing they have sought , that they are at 12 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
... as moral agents . Indeed our affairs are in a bad condition . I do assure those gentlemen who have prayed for war , and have obtained the blessing they have sought , that they are at 12 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
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