The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA , March 22 , 1775 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL , ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA , April 3 , 1777 • Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILLS DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE ...
... RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA , March 22 , 1775 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL , ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA , April 3 , 1777 • Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILLS DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE ...
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... resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take into con- sideration the duty of three - pence per pound weight upon tea , payable in all his Majesty's dominions in America , im- posed by the said act ; and also the ...
... resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take into con- sideration the duty of three - pence per pound weight upon tea , payable in all his Majesty's dominions in America , im- posed by the said act ; and also the ...
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... 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 with the honorable gentleman on all the American questions . My ...
... 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 with the honorable gentleman on all the American questions . My ...
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... 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 for the payment of twenty shillings . Would twenty shillings have ...
... 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 for the payment of twenty shillings . Would twenty shillings have ...
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... resolution of maintaining the execution of the laws in every part of my dominions . " After this no man dreamt that a repeal under this ministry could possibly take place . The honorable gentleman knows as well as I , that the idea was ...
... resolution of maintaining the execution of the laws in every part of my dominions . " After this no man dreamt that a repeal under this ministry could possibly take place . The honorable gentleman knows as well as I , that the idea was ...
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