The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... crown than preserve it by deceit . " * A glorious and true character ! which ( since we suffer his ministers with impunity to answer for his ideas of taxation ) we ought to make it our business to enable his Majesty to preserve in all ...
... crown than preserve it by deceit . " * A glorious and true character ! which ( since we suffer his ministers with impunity to answer for his ideas of taxation ) we ought to make it our business to enable his Majesty to preserve in all ...
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... crown , and that infinite mischiefs would be the consequence of such a power . When Mr. Grenville had passed the first revenue act , and in the same session had made this House come to a res- olution for laying a stamp - duty on America ...
... crown , and that infinite mischiefs would be the consequence of such a power . When Mr. Grenville had passed the first revenue act , and in the same session had made this House come to a res- olution for laying a stamp - duty on America ...
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... crown . We thought , Sir , that the utmost which the discontented colonists could do was to dis- turb authority ; we never dreamt they could of them- selves supply it , knowing in general what an operose business it is to establish a ...
... crown . We thought , Sir , that the utmost which the discontented colonists could do was to dis- turb authority ; we never dreamt they could of them- selves supply it , knowing in general what an operose business it is to establish a ...
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... crown to make no further grants of land . But to this scheme there are two objections . The first , that there is already so much unsettled land in private hands as to afford room for an immense future population , although the crown ...
... crown to make no further grants of land . But to this scheme there are two objections . The first , that there is already so much unsettled land in private hands as to afford room for an immense future population , although the crown ...
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... crown ; but you never altered their Constitution , the principle of which was re- spected by usurpation , restored with the restoration of monarchy , and established , I trust , forever by the glorious Revolution . This has made Ireland ...
... crown ; but you never altered their Constitution , the principle of which was re- spected by usurpation , restored with the restoration of monarchy , and established , I trust , forever by the glorious Revolution . This has made Ireland ...
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