The Works of Edmund Burke1839 |
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... person already under the condemnation of his country , and uncertain whether or not that condemnation shall receive the sanction of your verdict , he ranks himself with the suffering heroes of antiquity . Joining with them , he accuses ...
... person already under the condemnation of his country , and uncertain whether or not that condemnation shall receive the sanction of your verdict , he ranks himself with the suffering heroes of antiquity . Joining with them , he accuses ...
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... person of a learned profession , " a spider of hell . " My lords , Sir Walter was a great soldier , a great mariner , and one of the first scholars of his age . To call him a spider of hell , was not only indecent in itself , but ...
... person of a learned profession , " a spider of hell . " My lords , Sir Walter was a great soldier , a great mariner , and one of the first scholars of his age . To call him a spider of hell , was not only indecent in itself , but ...
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... person who takes it , we call a robber . Money clandestinely taken from the pro- prietor , we call theft ; and the person who takes it , we call a thief . When a false paper is made out to obtain money , we call the act a forgery . That ...
... person who takes it , we call a robber . Money clandestinely taken from the pro- prietor , we call theft ; and the person who takes it , we call a thief . When a false paper is made out to obtain money , we call the act a forgery . That ...
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... persons in a mixed company of men and women , would violate the law of such societies ; because they meet for the sole ... person , in a court of justice , calling these people to an account for that horrible crime , which destroys the ...
... persons in a mixed company of men and women , would violate the law of such societies ; because they meet for the sole ... person , in a court of justice , calling these people to an account for that horrible crime , which destroys the ...
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... person concerned with Mr. Hastings in compiling a code of Gentoo laws , is now found to be one of the persons to whom this very defence is attributed , which contains such detestable and abominable doctrines . But are we to consider the ...
... person concerned with Mr. Hastings in compiling a code of Gentoo laws , is now found to be one of the persons to whom this very defence is attributed , which contains such detestable and abominable doctrines . But are we to consider the ...
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