Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... questions in difpute were of fuch a nature , that mankind might for ever be divided in opinion , as to the matter of right or wrong , justice or injuftice , oppreffion or good government . But to render themselves at once the aggreffors ...
... questions in difpute were of fuch a nature , that mankind might for ever be divided in opinion , as to the matter of right or wrong , justice or injuftice , oppreffion or good government . But to render themselves at once the aggreffors ...
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... Questions in cafuiftry , however edi- . fying upon other occafions , have nothing to do in circumftances upon which the fate of nations de- pend . Were they only to feek a remedy , when the favages had pe- netrated into their country ...
... Questions in cafuiftry , however edi- . fying upon other occafions , have nothing to do in circumftances upon which the fate of nations de- pend . Were they only to feek a remedy , when the favages had pe- netrated into their country ...
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... question of law . SUC UCH was in general the ftate of public affairs in England and America , previous to and ' about the time of the meeting of parliament . In the Oct. 26th , fpeech from the throne , fpeech from the throne , 1775 ...
... question of law . SUC UCH was in general the ftate of public affairs in England and America , previous to and ' about the time of the meeting of parliament . In the Oct. 26th , fpeech from the throne , fpeech from the throne , 1775 ...
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... question the tendency of their views ? ricans of feeking independence , As to conciliation , every hope of that fort , was faid , to be now at an end . Parliament had al- ready tried every experiment to reclaim the incorrigible ...
... question the tendency of their views ? ricans of feeking independence , As to conciliation , every hope of that fort , was faid , to be now at an end . Parliament had al- ready tried every experiment to reclaim the incorrigible ...
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... question . We were now in a fituation , which did not afford a poffibility of receding , without fhame , ruin , and difgrace . The conteft was empire . We muft ei- ther fupport and establish our fo- vereignty , or give up America for ...
... question . We were now in a fituation , which did not afford a poffibility of receding , without fhame , ruin , and difgrace . The conteft was empire . We muft ei- ther fupport and establish our fo- vereignty , or give up America for ...
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