The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... received this royal assurance . The as- sembly of Virginia , in their address in answer to Lord Botetourt's speech , express themselves thus : " We will not suffer our present hopes , arising from the pleasing prospect your Lordship ...
... received this royal assurance . The as- sembly of Virginia , in their address in answer to Lord Botetourt's speech , express themselves thus : " We will not suffer our present hopes , arising from the pleasing prospect your Lordship ...
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Edmund Burke. - his own ideas rather coincided with the instructions he had received , certain it is , that , with the best intentions in the world , he first brought this fatal scheme into form , and established it by Act of Par liament ...
Edmund Burke. - his own ideas rather coincided with the instructions he had received , certain it is , that , with the best intentions in the world , he first brought this fatal scheme into form , and established it by Act of Par liament ...
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... received a strong representation from many weighty English merchants and manufac- turers , from governors of provinces and commanders . of men - of - war , against almost the whole of the Amer- - ican commercial regulations , and ...
... received a strong representation from many weighty English merchants and manufac- turers , from governors of provinces and commanders . of men - of - war , against almost the whole of the Amer- - ican commercial regulations , and ...
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... received . No sooner had the sound of that mighty tempest reached us in England , than the whole of the then opposition , instead of feeling humbled by the un- happy issue of their measures , seemed to be infinitely elated , and cried ...
... received . No sooner had the sound of that mighty tempest reached us in England , than the whole of the then opposition , instead of feeling humbled by the un- happy issue of their measures , seemed to be infinitely elated , and cried ...
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... received in America of the change in the ministry . No longer awed , it seems , with the spirit of the former rulers , they thought themselves a match for what our calumniators choose to qualify by the name of so feeble a ministry as ...
... received in America of the change in the ministry . No longer awed , it seems , with the spirit of the former rulers , they thought themselves a match for what our calumniators choose to qualify by the name of so feeble a ministry as ...
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