The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 27
... office requires he should be so , in all our revenue laws , and in the policy which is to be collected out of them . Now , Sir , when he had read this act of American revenue , and a little recovered from his astonishment , I sup- pose ...
... office requires he should be so , in all our revenue laws , and in the policy which is to be collected out of them . Now , Sir , when he had read this act of American revenue , and a little recovered from his astonishment , I sup- pose ...
Page 38
... office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement . Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more impor- tant than the forms in which it is conducted . These forms are adapted ...
... office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement . Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more impor- tant than the forms in which it is conducted . These forms are adapted ...
Page 46
... office took the alarm . A vio- lent outcry of all ( except those who knew and felt the mischief ) was raised against any alteration . On one hand , his attempt was a direct violation of trea ties and public law ; on the other , the Act ...
... office took the alarm . A vio- lent outcry of all ( except those who knew and felt the mischief ) was raised against any alteration . On one hand , his attempt was a direct violation of trea ties and public law ; on the other , the Act ...
Page 62
... beg a thousand pardons . " I venture to say , it did so happen that persons had a single office divided between them , who had --- - - never spoke to each other in their lives , until 62 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... beg a thousand pardons . " I venture to say , it did so happen that persons had a single office divided between them , who had --- - - never spoke to each other in their lives , until 62 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
Page 111
... on your table ; the earlier from an original manuscript of Davenant , who first established the Inspector - General's office , * Mr. Glover . which has been ever since his time so abundant a SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 111.
... on your table ; the earlier from an original manuscript of Davenant , who first established the Inspector - General's office , * Mr. Glover . which has been ever since his time so abundant a SPEECH ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA . 111.
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