The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... called provisionary which makes no provision . I should be afraid to express myself in this manner , especially in the face of such a formidable array of ability as is now drawn up before me , composed of the ancient household troops of ...
... called provisionary which makes no provision . I should be afraid to express myself in this manner , especially in the face of such a formidable array of ability as is now drawn up before me , composed of the ancient household troops of ...
Page 15
... called upon to enlarge to you on that danger , which you thought proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation . The monopoly of the most lucrative trades and the possession ...
... called upon to enlarge to you on that danger , which you thought proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation . The monopoly of the most lucrative trades and the possession ...
Page 17
... called upon for the payment of twenty shillings . Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shil- lings , on the principle it was demanded , would have made him a slave . It is the ...
... called upon for the payment of twenty shillings . Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shil- lings , on the principle it was demanded , would have made him a slave . It is the ...
Page 25
... called together to receive your submission . Your ministerial direc- tors blustered like tragic tyrants here ; and then went mumping with a sore leg in America , canting , and whining , and complaining of faction , which repre- sented ...
... called together to receive your submission . Your ministerial direc- tors blustered like tragic tyrants here ; and then went mumping with a sore leg in America , canting , and whining , and complaining of faction , which repre- sented ...
Page 39
... called upon in his official line , he presented a very strong memo- rial to the Lords of the Treasury , ( my Lord Bute was then at the head of the board , ) heavily complain- ing of the growth of the illicit commerce in America . Some ...
... called upon in his official line , he presented a very strong memo- rial to the Lords of the Treasury , ( my Lord Bute was then at the head of the board , ) heavily complain- ing of the growth of the illicit commerce in America . Some ...
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