 Regicide, and parricide, and sacrilege, are but fictions of superstition, corrupting jurisprudence by destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance,...  Reflections on the revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain ... - Page 115by Edmund Burke - 1790 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Anderson - 1791 - 422 pages
...a queen, or a bifhop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any xhance, or in any way gainers by it, a fort of homicide much the mod pardonable. and into which we ought not to make too fevere a fcrutiny. Intelligence refpeEiing... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...fimplicity. The murder of a king, or A queen, or a bifhop, or a father, are only common fiomicidc ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a fort of homicide muchdie m'oil pardonable, and into which" we ought not' to make too fevcre a fcrutiny. On the Icheine... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 458 pages
...deftroying its fimplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bifhop, or a father, are only com-mon homicide; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers . • L 4 by by it, a fort of homicide much the moft pardonable, and into which we ought not to make... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we dught not to make too severe a scrutiny.... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainer* fay by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we ought not to make... | |
 | 1821 - 362 pages
...destroying its' simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the moat pardonable, and into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny.... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, a sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny.... | |
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