The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3 |
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... must totter on its base by the slightest mistake with regard to our American measures . Thus much , however , I think it not amiss to lay before you ; That I am not , I hope , apt to take up or lay down my opinions lightly .
... must totter on its base by the slightest mistake with regard to our American measures . Thus much , however , I think it not amiss to lay before you ; That I am not , I hope , apt to take up or lay down my opinions lightly .
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I shall therefore endeavour , with your leave , to lay before you some of the most material of these circumstances in as full and as clear a manner as I am able to state them . The first thing that we have to consider with regard to the ...
I shall therefore endeavour , with your leave , to lay before you some of the most material of these circumstances in as full and as clear a manner as I am able to state them . The first thing that we have to consider with regard to the ...
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With regard to the high aristocratick spirit of Virginia and the southern colonies , it has been proposed , I know , to reduce it , by declaring a general enfranchisement of their slaves . This project has had its advocates and ...
With regard to the high aristocratick spirit of Virginia and the southern colonies , it has been proposed , I know , to reduce it , by declaring a general enfranchisement of their slaves . This project has had its advocates and ...
Page 73
... satisfy them at all , you must satisfy them with regard to this complaint . If you mean to please any people , you must give them the boon which they ask ; not what you may think better for them , but of a kind totally different .
... satisfy them at all , you must satisfy them with regard to this complaint . If you mean to please any people , you must give them the boon which they ask ; not what you may think better for them , but of a kind totally different .
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They made an act to drag offenders from Wales into England for trial , as you have done ( but with more hardship ) with regard to America . By another act , where one of the parties was an Englishman , they ordained , that his trial ...
They made an act to drag offenders from Wales into England for trial , as you have done ( but with more hardship ) with regard to America . By another act , where one of the parties was an Englishman , they ordained , that his trial ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | C. and J. Rivington, 1826 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2020 |
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