On the record
They pursue even such as me, into the obscurest retreats, and haul them before their revolutionary tribunals.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgThey pursue even such as me, into the obscurest retreats, and haul them before their revolutionary tribunals.
Burke expresses his fear of being pursued by revolutionary forces, even in hiding.
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