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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... that England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! War is at present carried on between the king's natural A and foreign troops on one side , and the English LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 5.
... that England should ever read this lesson written in the blood of any of her offspring ! War is at present carried on between the king's natural A and foreign troops on one side , and the English LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 5.
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... king's pleasure . " We ought to remember , that if our present enemies be , in reality and truth , rebels , the king's generals have no right to release them upon any conditions whatsoever ; and they are themselves answerable to the law ...
... king's pleasure . " We ought to remember , that if our present enemies be , in reality and truth , rebels , the king's generals have no right to release them upon any conditions whatsoever ; and they are themselves answerable to the law ...
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... king's soldiery purchase the advantage they have obtained at a dearer rate . It is not , gentlemen , it is not to respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to pro- vide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It ...
... king's soldiery purchase the advantage they have obtained at a dearer rate . It is not , gentlemen , it is not to respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to pro- vide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It ...
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... king's peace and to free trade any men , or district , which shall submit . Is this done ? We have been over and over informed by the authorized gazette , that the city of New York , and the countries of Staten and Long Island , have ...
... king's peace and to free trade any men , or district , which shall submit . Is this done ? We have been over and over informed by the authorized gazette , that the city of New York , and the countries of Staten and Long Island , have ...
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Edmund Burke. the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them ( not the dis- puted rights and privileges of freedom ) but the common rights of men , by the name of graces ? Why do not the com- missioners restore them on the spot ? Were ...
Edmund Burke. the king's loyal subjects , and to grant to them ( not the dis- puted rights and privileges of freedom ) but the common rights of men , by the name of graces ? Why do not the com- missioners restore them on the spot ? Were ...
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Page 321 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
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