The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... 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 been excit- ed by the misrepresentations of those ...
... 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 been excit- ed by the misrepresentations of those ...
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... respect tc America had been governed , should by some possible revolution , favorable to wicked American taxers , be hereafter counteracted . He addresses them in this manner : " It may possibly be objected , that , as his Majesty's ...
... respect tc America had been governed , should by some possible revolution , favorable to wicked American taxers , be hereafter counteracted . He addresses them in this manner : " It may possibly be objected , that , as his Majesty's ...
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... respect ! * A material point is omitted by Mr. Burke in this speech , viz . the manner in which the continent received this royal assurance . The as- sembly of Virginia , in their address in answer to Lord Botetourt's speech , express ...
... respect ! * A material point is omitted by Mr. Burke in this speech , viz . the manner in which the continent received this royal assurance . The as- sembly of Virginia , in their address in answer to Lord Botetourt's speech , express ...
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... respect to the bayonet ? and that this House , the ground and pillar of freedom , is itself held up only by the treacherous underpinning and clumsy buttresses of arbitrary power ? If this dignity , which is to stand in the place of just ...
... respect to the bayonet ? and that this House , the ground and pillar of freedom , is itself held up only by the treacherous underpinning and clumsy buttresses of arbitrary power ? If this dignity , which is to stand in the place of just ...
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... respecting simply your own com- merce , which is your own convenience , were the sole grounds of the repeal of the five duties , why does Lord Hillsborough , in disclaiming in the name of the king and ministry their ever having had an ...
... respecting simply your own com- merce , which is your own convenience , were the sole grounds of the repeal of the five duties , why does Lord Hillsborough , in disclaiming in the name of the king and ministry their ever having had an ...
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