The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... duties in the British colonies and plantations in America ; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the ... duty . " On this latter motion a warm and interesting debate arose , in which Mr. Burke spoke as follows . R , —I ...
... duties in the British colonies and plantations in America ; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the ... duty . " On this latter motion a warm and interesting debate arose , in which Mr. Burke spoke as follows . R , —I ...
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... duty on wine as loudly as they do now for the repeal of the duty on tea . Sir , I can give no security on this subject . But I will do all that I can , and all that can be fairly demanded . To the experience which the honorable ...
... duty on wine as loudly as they do now for the repeal of the duty on tea . Sir , I can give no security on this subject . But I will do all that I can , and all that can be fairly demanded . To the experience which the honorable ...
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... the new revenue itself . The act of 1767 , which grants this tea - duty , sets forth in its preamble , that it was expedient to raiso a revenue in America for the support of the civil gov- SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 9.
... the new revenue itself . The act of 1767 , which grants this tea - duty , sets forth in its preamble , that it was expedient to raiso a revenue in America for the support of the civil gov- SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 9.
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... duties . About two years after this act passed , the ministry , I mean the present ministry , thought it ex- pedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose ...
... duties . About two years after this act passed , the ministry , I mean the present ministry , thought it ex- pedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose ...
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... duty had perished in the general wreck ? Here , Mr. Speaker , is a precious mockery : -a pre- amble without an act ... duties laid in the Act of 1767 . constantly carry about ; which I have often used , 12 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... duty had perished in the general wreck ? Here , Mr. Speaker , is a precious mockery : -a pre- amble without an act ... duties laid in the Act of 1767 . constantly carry about ; which I have often used , 12 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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