The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : * " Condem- ning , as you do , the repeal of the Stamp Act , why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass , paper , and painters ' colors ? Let your pretence ...
... person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : * " Condem- ning , as you do , the repeal of the Stamp Act , why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass , paper , and painters ' colors ? Let your pretence ...
Page 38
... persons very happily born , to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion . 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 ...
... persons very happily born , to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion . 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 ...
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... person turned his eyes somewhat less than was just towards the incredible increase of the fair trade , and looked with something of too ex- quisite a jealousy towards the contraband . He cer- tainly felt a singular degree of anxiety on ...
... person turned his eyes somewhat less than was just towards the incredible increase of the fair trade , and looked with something of too ex- quisite a jealousy towards the contraband . He cer- tainly felt a singular degree of anxiety on ...
Page 45
... person , and at the head of the Treas- ury Department . It was , indeed , in a situation of little rank and no consequence , suitable to the mediocrity of my talents and pretensions , but a situation near enough to enable me to see , as ...
... person , and at the head of the Treas- ury Department . It was , indeed , in a situation of little rank and no consequence , suitable to the mediocrity of my talents and pretensions , but a situation near enough to enable me to see , as ...
Page 54
... execution of the laws in that part of his Majesty's dominions ; to assure his Majesty , that his faithful Commons , animated with the warmest duty and at- tachment to his royal person and government , . . 54 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... execution of the laws in that part of his Majesty's dominions ; to assure his Majesty , that his faithful Commons , animated with the warmest duty and at- tachment to his royal person and government , . . 54 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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