The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... colonies were imminent , that in such matters I might derive authority and support from the representation of this great commercial city ; they desired me therefore to set off without delay , very well persuaded that I never could ...
... colonies were imminent , that in such matters I might derive authority and support from the representation of this great commercial city ; they desired me therefore to set off without delay , very well persuaded that I never could ...
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Edmund Burke. MR . BURKE'S SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES ; MARCH 22 , 1775 . I SPEECH , & c . HOPE , Sir , Speech on moving his Resolutions for Con- ciliation with America.
Edmund Burke. MR . BURKE'S SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES ; MARCH 22 , 1775 . I SPEECH , & c . HOPE , Sir , Speech on moving his Resolutions for Con- ciliation with America.
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... colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island , and Providence Plantation , in North America , to Great Britain , Ireland , and the British Islands in the West Indies ; and to prohibit such provinces and colonies from carrying on any fishery ...
... colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island , and Providence Plantation , in North America , to Great Britain , Ireland , and the British Islands in the West Indies ; and to prohibit such provinces and colonies from carrying on any fishery ...
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... colonies . I was not less under the necessity of forming some fixed ideas concerning the general policy of the British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable ; in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation fluctuation of ...
... colonies . I was not less under the necessity of forming some fixed ideas concerning the general policy of the British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable ; in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation fluctuation of ...
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... colonies ; I confess my caution gave way . I felt this , as one of those few moments in which decorum yields to a higher duty . Publick calamity is a mighty leveller ; and there are occasions when any , even the slightest , chance of ...
... colonies ; I confess my caution gave way . I felt this , as one of those few moments in which decorum yields to a higher duty . Publick calamity is a mighty leveller ; and there are occasions when any , even the slightest , chance of ...
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