The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : * " Condem- ning , as ... stands condemned by himself , and by all his associates old and new , as a destroyer , in the first trust of finance ...
... standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : * " Condem- ning , as ... stands condemned by himself , and by all his associates old and new , as a destroyer , in the first trust of finance ...
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... standing as it now stands , has the lie direct given to it by the provisionary part of the act : if that can be called provisionary which makes no provision . I should be afraid to express myself in this manner , especially in the face ...
... standing as it now stands , has the lie direct given to it by the provisionary part of the act : if that can be called provisionary which makes no provision . I should be afraid to express myself in this manner , especially in the face ...
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... stand ? This famous revenue stands , at this hour , on all the debate , as a description of rev- enue not as yet known in all the comprehensive ( but too comprehensive ! ) vocabulary of finance , —a pre- ambulary tax . It is , indeed ...
... stand ? This famous revenue stands , at this hour , on all the debate , as a description of rev- enue not as yet known in all the comprehensive ( but too comprehensive ! ) vocabulary of finance , —a pre- ambulary tax . It is , indeed ...
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... stand as it did formerly . Oh , certainly not ! Every hour you continue on this ill - chosen ground , your difficul- ties thicken on you ; and therefore my conclusion is , remove from a bad position as quickly as you can . The disgrace ...
... stand as it did formerly . Oh , certainly not ! Every hour you continue on this ill - chosen ground , your difficul- ties thicken on you ; and therefore my conclusion is , remove from a bad position as quickly as you can . The disgrace ...
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... stand in the place of just policy and common sense , had been consulted , there was a time for preserving it , and for reconciling it with any concession . If in the session of 1768 , that session of idle terror and empty menaces , you ...
... stand in the place of just policy and common sense , had been consulted , there was a time for preserving it , and for reconciling it with any concession . If in the session of 1768 , that session of idle terror and empty menaces , you ...
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