The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... subject is not new in this House . Very disagreeably to this House , very un- * Charles Wolfran Cornwall , Esq . , lately appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury . fortunately to this nation , and to the peace and.
... subject is not new in this House . Very disagreeably to this House , very un- * Charles Wolfran Cornwall , Esq . , lately appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury . fortunately to this nation , and to the peace and.
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... Lord North , then Chancellor of the Exchequer . ble lord out of the hands of those he calls 10 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... Lord North , then Chancellor of the Exchequer . ble lord out of the hands of those he calls 10 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... lord who sits by him , to settle the matter as well as they can together ; for , if the repeal of American taxes destroys all our government in America , -Ife is the man ! - and he is the worst of all the repealers , because he is the ...
... lord who sits by him , to settle the matter as well as they can together ; for , if the repeal of American taxes destroys all our government in America , -Ife is the man ! - and he is the worst of all the repealers , because he is the ...
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... Lord Hillsborough's Circular Letter to the Governors of the Coio- nies , concerning the repeal of some of the duties laid in the Act of 1767 . constantly carry about ; which I have often used , 12 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... Lord Hillsborough's Circular Letter to the Governors of the Coio- nies , concerning the repeal of some of the duties laid in the Act of 1767 . constantly carry about ; which I have often used , 12 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... Lord Hillsborough , Secretary of State for the Colo- nies . After reciting the substance of the king's speech , he goes on thus : - " I can take upon me to assure you , notwithstand- ing insinuations to the contrary from men with fac ...
... Lord Hillsborough , Secretary of State for the Colo- nies . After reciting the substance of the king's speech , he goes on thus : - " I can take upon me to assure you , notwithstand- ing insinuations to the contrary from men with fac ...
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