The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 12
... suffer is the purging the statute - book of the opprobrium of an empty , absurd , and false recital . ~ ― It has been said again and again , that the five taxes were repealed on commercial principles . It is so said in the paper in my ...
... suffer is the purging the statute - book of the opprobrium of an empty , absurd , and false recital . ~ ― It has been said again and again , that the five taxes were repealed on commercial principles . It is so said in the paper in my ...
Page 23
... suffer his ministers with impunity to answer for his ideas of taxation ) we ought to make it our business to enable his Majesty to preserve in all its lustre . Let him have character , since ours is no more ! Let some part of government ...
... suffer his ministers with impunity to answer for his ideas of taxation ) we ought to make it our business to enable his Majesty to preserve in all its lustre . Let him have character , since ours is no more ! Let some part of government ...
Page 39
... suffered to run the full length of its principle , and is not changed and modified according to the change of times and the fluctuation of circumstances , it must do great mis- chief , and frequently even defeat its own purpose . After ...
... suffered to run the full length of its principle , and is not changed and modified according to the change of times and the fluctuation of circumstances , it must do great mis- chief , and frequently even defeat its own purpose . After ...
Page 45
... suffered , or did not suffer itself , even to hear them remonstrate upon the subject . This was the state of the colonies before his Majes- ty thought fit to change his ministers . It stands upon no authority of mine . It is proved by ...
... suffered , or did not suffer itself , even to hear them remonstrate upon the subject . This was the state of the colonies before his Majes- ty thought fit to change his ministers . It stands upon no authority of mine . It is proved by ...
Page 60
... suffered from the violence of the populace , in the same address they say , - " The recommendation enjoined by Mr. Secretary Conway's letter , and in con- sequence thereof made to us , we shall embrace the first convenient opportunity ...
... suffered from the violence of the populace , in the same address they say , - " The recommendation enjoined by Mr. Secretary Conway's letter , and in con- sequence thereof made to us , we shall embrace the first convenient opportunity ...
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