The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... late been ever at war with your interest , your equity , and every idea of your policy . Show the thing you con- tend for to be reason , show it to be common sense , show it to be the means of attaining some useful - end , and then I am ...
... late been ever at war with your interest , your equity , and every idea of your policy . Show the thing you con- tend for to be reason , show it to be common sense , show it to be the means of attaining some useful - end , and then I am ...
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... late wilderness three thousand miles from all civil- ized intercourse . All this was done by England whilst England pur- sued trade and forgot revenue . You not only ac- quired commerce , but you actually created the very VOL . II . 3 ...
... late wilderness three thousand miles from all civil- ized intercourse . All this was done by England whilst England pur- sued trade and forgot revenue . You not only ac- quired commerce , but you actually created the very VOL . II . 3 ...
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... late war , contracted very large debts , which it will take some years to pay off , and in the mean time occasion very burdensome taxes for that purpose only . For instance , this government , which is as much beforehand as any , raises ...
... late war , contracted very large debts , which it will take some years to pay off , and in the mean time occasion very burdensome taxes for that purpose only . For instance , this government , which is as much beforehand as any , raises ...
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... late Mr. Yorke , then Attorney - General , on the point of law . When he knew that formally and officially which in substance he had known before , he immediately dispatched orders to redress the griev- ance . But I will say it for the ...
... late Mr. Yorke , then Attorney - General , on the point of law . When he knew that formally and officially which in substance he had known before , he immediately dispatched orders to redress the griev- ance . But I will say it for the ...
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... late disturbances , which have been at one time the minis- ter's motives for the repeal of five out of six of the new court taxes , and are now his pretences for refus- ing to repeal that sixth , did not amount - why do I compare them ...
... late disturbances , which have been at one time the minis- ter's motives for the repeal of five out of six of the new court taxes , and are now his pretences for refus- ing to repeal that sixth , did not amount - why do I compare them ...
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