A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Volume 4Collier, 1900 |
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... accused of having gone over to the Church of Rome and of recant- ing afterward . As a matter of fact , there is no evidence of any of the state- ments to Burke's discredit . In 1756 , he published " An Inquiry into the Origin of Our ...
... accused of having gone over to the Church of Rome and of recant- ing afterward . As a matter of fact , there is no evidence of any of the state- ments to Burke's discredit . In 1756 , he published " An Inquiry into the Origin of Our ...
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... accused every measure of vigor as cruel , and every proposal of lenity as weak and irreso- lute . The public , he said , would not have patience to see us play the game out with our adversaries : we must produce our hand . It would be ...
... accused every measure of vigor as cruel , and every proposal of lenity as weak and irreso- lute . The public , he said , would not have patience to see us play the game out with our adversaries : we must produce our hand . It would be ...
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... accused of committing murder under the orders of government to England for trial is but temporary . That act has calculated the prob- able duration of our quarrel with the colonies , and is ac- commodated to that supposed duration . I ...
... accused of committing murder under the orders of government to England for trial is but temporary . That act has calculated the prob- able duration of our quarrel with the colonies , and is ac- commodated to that supposed duration . I ...
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... controlled . Other constitutions are satisfied with making good subjects ; this is a security for good govern- ors . It is by this tribunal that statesmen who abuse their power , are accused by statesmen , and tried by 100 BURKE.
... controlled . Other constitutions are satisfied with making good subjects ; this is a security for good govern- ors . It is by this tribunal that statesmen who abuse their power , are accused by statesmen , and tried by 100 BURKE.
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... accused by statesmen , and tried by statesmen , not upon the niceties of a narrow jurisprudence , but upon the enlarged and solid principles of state morality . It is here that those who by the abuse of power have violated the spirit of ...
... accused by statesmen , and tried by statesmen , not upon the niceties of a narrow jurisprudence , but upon the enlarged and solid principles of state morality . It is here that those who by the abuse of power have violated the spirit of ...
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