The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... given judgment ; but obstinacy is not yet conquered . The honorable gentleman has made one endeavor more to diversify the form of this disgusting argu- ment . He has thrown out a speech composed al- most entirely of challenges ...
... given judgment ; but obstinacy is not yet conquered . The honorable gentleman has made one endeavor more to diversify the form of this disgusting argu- ment . He has thrown out a speech composed al- most entirely of challenges ...
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... given so much weight , when directly , and with the same authority , he con- demns it , and declares it absolutely necessary to enter into the most ample historical detail . His zeal has thrown him a little out of his usual accuracy ...
... given so much weight , when directly , and with the same authority , he con- demns it , and declares it absolutely necessary to enter into the most ample historical detail . His zeal has thrown him a little out of his usual accuracy ...
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... given to it by the provisionary part of the act : if that can be 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 ...
... given to it by the provisionary part of the act : if that can be 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 ...
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... given up . For on what prin- ciple does it stand ? This famous revenue stands , at this hour , on all the debate , as a description of rev- enue not as yet known in all the comprehensive ( but too comprehensive ! ) vocabulary of finance ...
... given up . For on what prin- ciple does it stand ? This famous revenue stands , at this hour , on all the debate , as a description of rev- enue not as yet known in all the comprehensive ( but too comprehensive ! ) vocabulary of finance ...
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Edmund Burke. · consequences now stated by the honorable gentleman was then given as a reason for shutting the door against all hope of such an alteration . And so strong was the spirit for supporting the new taxes , that the session ...
Edmund Burke. · consequences now stated by the honorable gentleman was then given as a reason for shutting the door against all hope of such an alteration . And so strong was the spirit for supporting the new taxes , that the session ...
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