 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
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, is 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 - Reference - 1877 - 466 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 - Political science - 1881 - 470 pages
...The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; and if \< i the people are by any chance, or in any way gainers by it, ar-f y~\ -T sort of homicide much the most pardonable, and into which *• ^we ought not to make too... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 pages
...adjectival phrase : as — " 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 - 1886 - 276 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 '•'•'hich we ought not to make too severe a... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father is 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.... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1889 - 326 pages
...destroying its simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, is 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 75 a scrutiny.... | |
 | English language - 1891 - 120 pages
...by destroying its simplicity, the murder of a king or a queen or a bishop or a father is 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 into which we ought not to make too severe a scrutiny. Exercise... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1896 - 338 pages
...simplicity. The murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicide ; iband 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.... | |
 | University of Sydney - 1901 - 644 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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