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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... ment . În my apprehension , as long as English government is attempted to be supported over Englishmen by the sword alone , things will thus continue . I anticipate in my mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force ...
... ment . În my apprehension , as long as English government is attempted to be supported over Englishmen by the sword alone , things will thus continue . I anticipate in my mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force ...
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... ment in possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the statute book without seeing the actual exercise of it , more or less , in all cases whatsoever . This possession passed with me for a title ...
... ment in possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the statute book without seeing the actual exercise of it , more or less , in all cases whatsoever . This possession passed with me for a title ...
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... ment , as for whom in the end he may preserve the absolute necessaries of life . But it is much more easy to reconcile this measure to humanity , than to bring it to any agreement with prudence . I do not mean that little , selfish ...
... ment , as for whom in the end he may preserve the absolute necessaries of life . But it is much more easy to reconcile this measure to humanity , than to bring it to any agreement with prudence . I do not mean that little , selfish ...
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... to prove , that an early dereliction of abuse is the direct interest of govern ment ; of government taken abstractedly from its duties , and considered merely as a system intending its own con SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM . 63.
... to prove , that an early dereliction of abuse is the direct interest of govern ment ; of government taken abstractedly from its duties , and considered merely as a system intending its own con SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM . 63.
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... ment . He had a motive , such as it was : he thought his title to the crown unsound , and his possession insecure . He therefore managed a retreat in his duchy ; which Lord Coke calls ( I do not know why ) par multis regnis . He ...
... ment . He had a motive , such as it was : he thought his title to the crown unsound , and his possession insecure . He therefore managed a retreat in his duchy ; which Lord Coke calls ( I do not know why ) par multis regnis . He ...
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