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... 1774 81 SPEECH ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITA
AMERICA , March 22 , 1775 99 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS or BRISTOL , ON
THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA , April 3 , 1777 187 Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN
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... 1774 81 SPEECH ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITA
AMERICA , March 22 , 1775 99 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS or BRISTOL , ON
THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA , April 3 , 1777 187 Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN
OF ...
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And the same being read accordingly , he moved , - “ That this House will , upon
this day sevennight , resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take
into consideration the duty of three - pence per pound weight upon tea , payable
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And the same being read accordingly , he moved , - “ That this House will , upon
this day sevennight , resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take
into consideration the duty of three - pence per pound weight upon tea , payable
...
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Challenges are serious things ; and as he is a man of prudence as well as
resolution , I dare say he has very well weighed those challenges before he
delivered them . I had long the happiness to sit at the same side of the House ,
and to agree ...
Challenges are serious things ; and as he is a man of prudence as well as
resolution , I dare say he has very well weighed those challenges before he
delivered them . I had long the happiness to sit at the same side of the House ,
and to agree ...
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... when the general feelings of men are irritated , and two millions of people are
resolved not to pay . The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of
Great Britain . Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden , when called
upon ...
... when the general feelings of men are irritated , and two millions of people are
resolved not to pay . The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of
Great Britain . Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden , when called
upon ...
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... of the world effectually to discourage and defeat the designs of the factious and
seditious than the hearty concurrence of every branch of the legislature in the
resolution of maintaining the execution of the laws in every part of my dominions .
... of the world effectually to discourage and defeat the designs of the factious and
seditious than the hearty concurrence of every branch of the legislature in the
resolution of maintaining the execution of the laws in every part of my dominions .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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