The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... kingdom of coffee and cocoa - nuts , of the produce of the said colonies or plantations ; for discon- tinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthenware ex- ported to America ; and for more effectually preventing the clandestine running ...
... kingdom of coffee and cocoa - nuts , of the produce of the said colonies or plantations ; for discon- tinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthenware ex- ported to America ; and for more effectually preventing the clandestine running ...
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... kingdom an advantage in lead that amounts to a monopoly . When you find yourself in this situation of advantage , you sometimes venture to tax even your own export . You did so soon after the last war , when , upon this principle , you ...
... kingdom an advantage in lead that amounts to a monopoly . When you find yourself in this situation of advantage , you sometimes venture to tax even your own export . You did so soon after the last war , when , upon this principle , you ...
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... kingdom . The in- structions for the colony government go under no other sanction ; and America cannot believe , and will not obey you , if you do not preserve this channel of communication sacred . You are now punishing the colonies ...
... kingdom . The in- structions for the colony government go under no other sanction ; and America cannot believe , and will not obey you , if you do not preserve this channel of communication sacred . You are now punishing the colonies ...
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... kingdom ; and both taxing British manu- factures exported . As the forty - fifth is an act for raising a revenue in America , the forty - fourth is an act for raising a revenue in the Isle of Man . The two acts perfectly agree in all ...
... kingdom ; and both taxing British manu- factures exported . As the forty - fifth is an act for raising a revenue in America , the forty - fourth is an act for raising a revenue in the Isle of Man . The two acts perfectly agree in all ...
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... kingdom at least four- fold . America had the compensation of your capital , which made her bear her servitude . She had another compensation , which you are now going to take away from her . She had , except the commercial restraint ...
... kingdom at least four- fold . America had the compensation of your capital , which made her bear her servitude . She had another compensation , which you are now going to take away from her . She had , except the commercial restraint ...
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