The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 20
... 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 session of Parliament , to take 20 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... 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 session of Parliament , to take 20 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
Page 49
... proposing the repeal , had arisen from timidity with regard to themselves , it would have been greatly to be condemned . Interested ti- midity disgraces as much in the cabinet as personal timidity does in the field . But timidity with ...
... proposing the repeal , had arisen from timidity with regard to themselves , it would have been greatly to be condemned . Interested ti- midity disgraces as much in the cabinet as personal timidity does in the field . But timidity with ...
Page 104
... proposal of lenity as weak and irresolute . The public , he said , would not have patience to see us play the game out with our adversaries ; we must produce our hand : it would be expected that those who for many years had been active ...
... proposal of lenity as weak and irresolute . The public , he said , would not have patience to see us play the game out with our adversaries ; we must produce our hand : it would be expected that those who for many years had been active ...
Page 106
... propose , by removing the ground of the difference , and by restoring the former unsuspecting confidence of the ... propose to fill your lobby with " That when the governor , council , and assembly , or general court , of any of his ...
... propose , by removing the ground of the difference , and by restoring the former unsuspecting confidence of the ... propose to fill your lobby with " That when the governor , council , and assembly , or general court , of any of his ...
Page 107
... proposal shall be approved by his Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament , and for so long as such provision shall be made accordingly , to forbear , in respect of such province or colony , to levy any duty , tax , or assess- ment ...
... proposal shall be approved by his Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament , and for so long as such provision shall be made accordingly , to forbear , in respect of such province or colony , to levy any duty , tax , or assess- ment ...
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