The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... taken its flight for ever , we are at this very instant nearly as free to choose a plan for our American government , as we were on the first day of the session . If , Sir , we incline to the side of concilia- tion , we are not at all ...
... taken its flight for ever , we are at this very instant nearly as free to choose a plan for our American government , as we were on the first day of the session . If , Sir , we incline to the side of concilia- tion , we are not at all ...
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... taken as an occa- sion of charging us with a predetermined discontent , which nothing could satisfy ; whilst we accused every measure of vigour as cruel , and every proposal of lenity as weak and irre- solute . The publick , he said ...
... taken as an occa- sion of charging us with a predetermined discontent , which nothing could satisfy ; whilst we accused every measure of vigour as cruel , and every proposal of lenity as weak and irre- solute . The publick , he said ...
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... taken the liberty of observing to you ) some ground . sible that a good deal more is still to be done . to enable us to determine both on the one and the other of these great questions with a firm and precise judgment , I think it may ...
... taken the liberty of observing to you ) some ground . sible that a good deal more is still to be done . to enable us to determine both on the one and the other of these great questions with a firm and precise judgment , I think it may ...
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... . I therefore consider these three denominations to be , what in effect they are , one trade . The trade to the colonies , taken on the export side , at the beginning of this century , that is , in the CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 21.
... . I therefore consider these three denominations to be , what in effect they are , one trade . The trade to the colonies , taken on the export side , at the beginning of this century , that is , in the CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 21.
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... with America alone is now within less than 500,000l . of being equal to what this great commercial na- tion , England , carried on at the beginning of this century with the whole world ! If I had taken the largest 22 SPEECH ON.
... with America alone is now within less than 500,000l . of being equal to what this great commercial na- tion , England , carried on at the beginning of this century with the whole world ! If I had taken the largest 22 SPEECH ON.
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