Annual Register, Volume 46Edmund Burke 1805 - History |
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... opinion ; -none , to misrepresent their motives , to traduce their characters , or , least of all , to falsify the record of their actions . In those branches of the work which embrace the literature and manners of the country , or ...
... opinion ; -none , to misrepresent their motives , to traduce their characters , or , least of all , to falsify the record of their actions . In those branches of the work which embrace the literature and manners of the country , or ...
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... opinion , that , if ever there was a moment for peculiar pride in the name of Bri- tain , it was at the present period , when every individual , born to the protection of equal laws , stood for- ward , without distinction of rank ...
... opinion , that , if ever there was a moment for peculiar pride in the name of Bri- tain , it was at the present period , when every individual , born to the protection of equal laws , stood for- ward , without distinction of rank ...
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... opinion which he had often heard repeated , that Bonaparte knew the dangers of an invasion too well to attempt it . Such an opinion damped the energy of those who entertained it , and was by no means warranted in fact . Bonaparte had ...
... opinion which he had often heard repeated , that Bonaparte knew the dangers of an invasion too well to attempt it . Such an opinion damped the energy of those who entertained it , and was by no means warranted in fact . Bonaparte had ...
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... opinion , whether this bill ought or ought not to pass . When the bill was first in- troduced in the Irish parliament , there were the most authentic docu- ments of an actually existing rebel- lion . When it was renewed in 1800 and 1801 ...
... opinion , whether this bill ought or ought not to pass . When the bill was first in- troduced in the Irish parliament , there were the most authentic docu- ments of an actually existing rebel- lion . When it was renewed in 1800 and 1801 ...
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... opinion of mankind , no disgrace attached to those who fell in war , whereas those who suffered by the regular course of justice , were supposed to have an ignominy at- tached to their death . Emmet , the rebel leader , was a proof of ...
... opinion of mankind , no disgrace attached to those who fell in war , whereas those who suffered by the regular course of justice , were supposed to have an ignominy at- tached to their death . Emmet , the rebel leader , was a proof of ...
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