The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. service ; and as great questions relative to our commerce and colonies were imminent , that in such matters I might derive authority and support from the representation of this great commercial city ; they desired me ...
Edmund Burke. service ; and as great questions relative to our commerce and colonies were imminent , that in such matters I might derive authority and support from the representation of this great commercial city ; they desired me ...
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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 , con- cerning the general policy of the British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable ; in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation of passions ...
... colonies . I was not less under the necessity of forming some fixed ideas , con- cerning the general policy of the British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable ; in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation of passions ...
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... colonies in the mother country , to give permanent satis- faction to your people ; and ( far from a scheme of ruling by discord ) to reconcile them to each other in the same act , and by the bond of the very same interest , which ...
... colonies in the mother country , to give permanent satis- faction to your people ; and ( far from a scheme of ruling by discord ) to reconcile them to each other in the same act , and by the bond of the very same interest , which ...
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... colonies . I have taken for some years a good deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of inhabitants of our own European blood 16 and colour ; besides at least ...
... colonies . I have taken for some years a good deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of inhabitants of our own European blood 16 and colour ; besides at least ...
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