The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volumen6Little, Brown,, 1866 |
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... to the Code itself , an unsuccessful attempt was made to pro- cure the copy of it transmitted to Mr. Dundas . It was not to be found amongst his papers . The Editor has therefore been obliged to have recourse to a rough X PREFACE .
... to the Code itself , an unsuccessful attempt was made to pro- cure the copy of it transmitted to Mr. Dundas . It was not to be found amongst his papers . The Editor has therefore been obliged to have recourse to a rough X PREFACE .
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Edmund Burke. has therefore been obliged to have recourse to a rough draft of it in Mr. Burke's own handwriting ; from which he hopes he has succeeded in making a pretty correct transcript of it , as well as in the attempt he has made to ...
Edmund Burke. has therefore been obliged to have recourse to a rough draft of it in Mr. Burke's own handwriting ; from which he hopes he has succeeded in making a pretty correct transcript of it , as well as in the attempt he has made to ...
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... obliged them to make a pause in the only massacres in which their treach- ery and cruelty had operated as a kind of savage jus- tice , that is , the massacre of the accomplices of their crimes they have ceased to shed the inhuman blood ...
... obliged them to make a pause in the only massacres in which their treach- ery and cruelty had operated as a kind of savage jus- tice , that is , the massacre of the accomplices of their crimes they have ceased to shed the inhuman blood ...
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... oblige the momentary rul- ers to forbear their attempts on neighboring states , or to render these attempts less operative , if they should kindle new wars . When was it heard before , that the internal repose of a determined and wicked ...
... oblige the momentary rul- ers to forbear their attempts on neighboring states , or to render these attempts less operative , if they should kindle new wars . When was it heard before , that the internal repose of a determined and wicked ...
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... arbitrarily erected the new building out of the old materials of their own Convention were obliged to send for an ar- my to support their work : like brave gladiators , they fought it out in the streets of Paris , and LETTER IV . 69.
... arbitrarily erected the new building out of the old materials of their own Convention were obliged to send for an ar- my to support their work : like brave gladiators , they fought it out in the streets of Paris , and LETTER IV . 69.
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Página 49 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Página 347 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...
Página 324 - It would be hard to point out any error more truly subversive of all the order and beauty, of all the peace and happiness, of human society, than the position, that any body of men have a right to make what laws they please ; or that laws can derive any authority from their institution merely and independent of the quality of the subject-matter. No arguments of policy, reason of state, or preservation of the constitution, can be pleaded in favour of such a practice.
Página 64 - As fine as daubers' hands can make it, In hopes that strangers may mistake it ; We think it both a shame and sin To quit the good old Angel Inn.
Página 324 - VI. 21 should bo themselves the chief sufferers by it; because it would be made against the principle of a superior law, which it is not in the power of any community, or of the whole race of man, to alter...
Página 381 - ... strength, which, to that hour, Ireland was never so happy as to enjoy. My sanguine hopes are blasted, and I must consign my feelings, on that terrible disappointment, to the same patience in which I have been obliged to bury the vexation I suffered on the defeat of the other great, just, and honorable causes in which I have had some share ; and which have given more of dignity, than of peace and advantage, to a long laborious life.
Página 180 - ... it was not because a positive law authorized what was then done, but because the freedom and safety of the subject, the origin and cause of all laws, required a proceeding paramount and superior to them. At that ever memorable and instructive period, the letter of the law was superseded in favor of the substance of liberty.
Página 348 - ... provided also, that no person whatsoever shall have or enjoy the benefit of this article, that shall neglect or refuse to take the oath of allegiance, made by act of parliament in England, in the first year of the reign of their present majesties, when thereunto required.
Página 223 - Government influence ; that the business of a minister, or of those who acted as such, had been still further to contract the narrowness of men's ideas, to confirm inveterate prejudices, to inflame vulgar passions, and to abet all sorts of popular absurdities...
Página 178 - That the establishment of such a power in America will utterly ruin our finances (though its certain effect) is the smallest part of our concern. It will become an apt, powerful, and certain engine for the destruction of our freedom here.