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It is a declaration, pendente lite, in the middle of a war, one principal object of which was originally the defence, and has since been the recovery, of these very countries.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is a declaration, pendente lite, in the middle of a war, one principal object of which was originally the defence…”
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Burke remarks on the timing of a declaration made during wartime, emphasizing its relevance to the conflict.
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