The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... passed , the ministry , I mean the present ministry , thought it ex- pedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal ...
... passed , the ministry , I mean the present ministry , thought it ex- pedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal ...
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... Passing , therefore , from the Constitutional consideration to the mere policy , does not this letter imply that the idea of taxing America - for the purpose of revenue is an abominable proj- ect SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 21.
... Passing , therefore , from the Constitutional consideration to the mere policy , does not this letter imply that the idea of taxing America - for the purpose of revenue is an abominable proj- ect SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 21.
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... passed with regard to the plantations , the words which distin- guish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditately avoided . I do not say , Sir , that a form of words alters the nature of the law , or abridges the ...
... passed with regard to the plantations , the words which distin- guish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditately avoided . I do not say , Sir , that a form of words alters the nature of the law , or abridges the ...
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... passed by , at a time when no jealousy was entertained , and things were little scrutinized . Even Governor Ber- nard , in his second printed letter , dated in 1763 , gives it as his opinion , that " it was an act of prohibition , not ...
... passed by , at a time when no jealousy was entertained , and things were little scrutinized . Even Governor Ber- nard , in his second printed letter , dated in 1763 , gives it as his opinion , that " it was an act of prohibition , not ...
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... Passing from that study , he did not go very largely into the world , but plunged into business , I mean into the business of office , and the limited and fixed methods and forms established there . Much knowledge is to be had ...
... Passing from that study , he did not go very largely into the world , but plunged into business , I mean into the business of office , and the limited and fixed methods and forms established there . Much knowledge is to be had ...
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