The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... present Majesty , intituled , ' An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America ; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this kingdom of coffee and cocoa - nuts ...
... present Majesty , intituled , ' An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America ; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this kingdom of coffee and cocoa - nuts ...
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... 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 , had thus addressed the minister ...
... 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 , had thus addressed the minister ...
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... present prevailed in America on account of the new taxes . The ministers represented these disturb- ances as treasonable ; and this House thought proper , on that representation , to make a famous address for a revival and for a new ...
... present prevailed in America on account of the new taxes . The ministers represented these disturb- ances as treasonable ; and this House thought proper , on that representation , to make a famous address for a revival and for a new ...
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... present administration have at no time entertained a design to propose to Parliament to lay any further taxes upon America , for the purpose of RAISING A REVE- NUE ; and that it is at present their intention to pro- pose , the next ...
... present administration have at no time entertained a design to propose to Parliament to lay any further taxes upon America , for the purpose of RAISING A REVE- NUE ; and that it is at present their intention to pro- pose , the next ...
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... present servants , and by which their conduct in respect to America has been governed . And his Majesty relies upon your prudence and fidel- ity for such an explanation of his measures as may tend to remove the prejudices which have ...
... present servants , and by which their conduct in respect to America has been governed . And his Majesty relies upon your prudence and fidel- ity for such an explanation of his measures as may tend to remove the prejudices which have ...
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