The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILLS DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND , April 23 and May 2 , 1778 PAGE 1 • 81 99 66 • 187 SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPEN ...
... GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILLS DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE TRADE OF IRELAND , April 23 and May 2 , 1778 PAGE 1 • 81 99 66 • 187 SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPEN ...
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... gentlemen , members of the last Parliament . • This piece has been for some months ready for the press . But a delicacy , possibly over - scrupulous , has delayed the publication to this time . The friends of administration have been ...
... gentlemen , members of the last Parliament . • This piece has been for some months ready for the press . But a delicacy , possibly over - scrupulous , has delayed the publication to this time . The friends of administration have been ...
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... gentleman in his historical discussion , without the least manage- ment for men or measures , further than as they shall seem to me to deserve it . But before I go into that large consideration , because I would omit nothing that can ...
... gentleman in his historical discussion , without the least manage- ment for men or measures , further than as they shall seem to me to deserve it . But before I go into that large consideration , because I would omit nothing that can ...
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... gentlemen will force the colonists to take the teas . You will force them ? Has seven years ' struggle been yet able to force them ? Oh , but it seems " we are in the right . The tax is trifling , in effect it is rather an exoneration ...
... gentlemen will force the colonists to take the teas . You will force them ? Has seven years ' struggle been yet able to force them ? Oh , but it seems " we are in the right . The tax is trifling , in effect it is rather an exoneration ...
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... gentleman has said well , - indeed , in most of his general observations I agree with him , he says , that this subject does not stand as it did formerly . Oh , certainly not ! Every hour you continue on this ill - chosen ground , your ...
... gentleman has said well , - indeed , in most of his general observations I agree with him , he says , that this subject does not stand as it did formerly . Oh , certainly not ! Every hour you continue on this ill - chosen ground , your ...
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