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Page 31
However , the title of this act of George the Second , notwithstanding the words of
donation , considers it merely as a regulation of trade : “ An act for the better
securing of the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America . ” This act was
made ...
However , the title of this act of George the Second , notwithstanding the words of
donation , considers it merely as a regulation of trade : “ An act for the better
securing of the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America . ” This act was
made ...
Page 48
Surely the honorable gentleman will not think that a great deal less time than was
then employed ought to have been spent in deliberation , when he considers that
the news of the troubles did not arrive till towards the end of October .
Surely the honorable gentleman will not think that a great deal less time than was
then employed ought to have been spent in deliberation , when he considers that
the news of the troubles did not arrive till towards the end of October .
Page 50
I confess , when I look back to that time , I consider him as placed in one of the
most trying situations in which , perhaps , any man ever stood . In the House of
Peers there were very few of the ministry , out of the noble lord's General Conway
...
I confess , when I look back to that time , I consider him as placed in one of the
most trying situations in which , perhaps , any man ever stood . In the House of
Peers there were very few of the ministry , out of the noble lord's General Conway
...
Page 60
... they say , — “ The recommendation enjoined by Mr. Secretary Conway's letter ,
and in consequence thereof made to us , we shall embrace the first convenient
opportunity to consider and act upon . ” They did consider ; they did act upon it .
... they say , — “ The recommendation enjoined by Mr. Secretary Conway's letter ,
and in consequence thereof made to us , we shall embrace the first convenient
opportunity to consider and act upon . ” They did consider ; they did act upon it .
Page 65
For failings he had undoubtedly , - many of us remember them ; we are this day
considering the effect of them . But he had no failings which were not owing to a
noble cause , - to an ardent , generous , perhaps an immoderate passion for
fame ...
For failings he had undoubtedly , - many of us remember them ; we are this day
considering the effect of them . But he had no failings which were not owing to a
noble cause , - to an ardent , generous , perhaps an immoderate passion for
fame ...
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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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