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Page 39
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact ; and great trade will always be
attended with considerable abuses . The contraband will always keep pace in
some measure with the fair trade . It should stand as a fundamental maxim , that
no ...
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact ; and great trade will always be
attended with considerable abuses . The contraband will always keep pace in
some measure with the fair trade . It should stand as a fundamental maxim , that
no ...
Page 90
... and to prevent all possible abuses in making them . I do not intend to argue the
matter here . My learned counsel has supported your cause with his usual ability ;
the worthy sheriffs have acted with their usual equity ; and I have no doubt that ...
... and to prevent all possible abuses in making them . I do not intend to argue the
matter here . My learned counsel has supported your cause with his usual ability ;
the worthy sheriffs have acted with their usual equity ; and I have no doubt that ...
Page 95
... to any man , or to any set of men living . These he does not derive from your
pleasure , -no , nor from the law and the Constitution . They are a trust from
Providence , for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable . Your
representative owes ...
... to any man , or to any set of men living . These he does not derive from your
pleasure , -no , nor from the law and the Constitution . They are a trust from
Providence , for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable . Your
representative owes ...
Page 165
... and though the abuses have been full as great and as flagrant in the exempted
as in the punished . The same reasons of prudence and accommodation have
weight with me in restoring the charter of Massachusetts Bay . Besides , Sir , the ...
... and though the abuses have been full as great and as flagrant in the exempted
as in the punished . The same reasons of prudence and accommodation have
weight with me in restoring the charter of Massachusetts Bay . Besides , Sir , the ...
Page 210
... to reflect that the American English ( whom they may abuse , if they think it
honorable to revile the absent ) can , as things now stand , neither be provoked at
our railing or bettered by our instruction . All communication is cut off between us
.
... to reflect that the American English ( whom they may abuse , if they think it
honorable to revile the absent ) can , as things now stand , neither be provoked at
our railing or bettered by our instruction . All communication is cut off between us
.
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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