Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... present ‹ commotions were attributed to dif- In this ftate of com- affection in the people , and a de - motion and diforder , up- fire of changing the established form of government , ferved only to afford more room for altercation ...
... present ‹ commotions were attributed to dif- In this ftate of com- affection in the people , and a de - motion and diforder , up- fire of changing the established form of government , ferved only to afford more room for altercation ...
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... present trou- bles . The government of the province was lodged in a council of fafety confifting of 13 perfons , with the occafional affiftance of a committee of ninety - nine . As they had in- telligence that an armament was preparing ...
... present trou- bles . The government of the province was lodged in a council of fafety confifting of 13 perfons , with the occafional affiftance of a committee of ninety - nine . As they had in- telligence that an armament was preparing ...
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... present bill under martial law , and to add that law to the prerogative . They concluded , that no perfon who attentively confidered the quick fucceffion of these measures within fo fhort a period , could have a doubt remaining ...
... present bill under martial law , and to add that law to the prerogative . They concluded , that no perfon who attentively confidered the quick fucceffion of these measures within fo fhort a period , could have a doubt remaining ...
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... present state carried an abfurdity glaring on its very face ; its body contained an indemnity for an offence , while the preamble declared that none had been com- mitted ; that it was an infult upon the house to propose the remittal of ...
... present state carried an abfurdity glaring on its very face ; its body contained an indemnity for an offence , while the preamble declared that none had been com- mitted ; that it was an infult upon the house to propose the remittal of ...
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... present great expences more eligible , by reprefenting that they would not be lafting , and that this German ad- dition to the forces already voted , would be fully fufficient for the fub jugation of the Americans , and the bringing of ...
... present great expences more eligible , by reprefenting that they would not be lafting , and that this German ad- dition to the forces already voted , would be fully fufficient for the fub jugation of the Americans , and the bringing of ...
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