The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... whole course of it , to asperse the characters and decry the measures of those who were supposed to be friends to America , in order to weaken the effect of their opposition to the acts of rigor then preparing against the colonies . The ...
... whole course of it , to asperse the characters and decry the measures of those who were supposed to be friends to America , in order to weaken the effect of their opposition to the acts of rigor then preparing against the colonies . The ...
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... whole empire , no topic has been more familiar to us . For nine long years , session after session , we have been lashed round and round this miserable circle of occasional arguments and tempo- rary expedients . I am sure our heads must ...
... whole empire , no topic has been more familiar to us . For nine long years , session after session , we have been lashed round and round this miserable circle of occasional arguments and tempo- rary expedients . I am sure our heads must ...
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Edmund Burke. ―― and more complicated , comprehending the whole series of the Parliamentary proceedings with regard to America , their causes , and their consequences . With regard to the latter ground , he states it as useless , and ...
Edmund Burke. ―― and more complicated , comprehending the whole series of the Parliamentary proceedings with regard to America , their causes , and their consequences . With regard to the latter ground , he states it as useless , and ...
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... whole draw- back on export , and then you charged the duty , ( which you had before discharged , ) payable in the col- onies , where it was certain the collection would de- vour it to the bone , - if any revenue were ever suf- fered to ...
... whole draw- back on export , and then you charged the duty , ( which you had before discharged , ) payable in the col- onies , where it was certain the collection would de- vour it to the bone , - if any revenue were ever suf- fered to ...
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... whole body of British manufactures , taxed from two and a half to fifteen per cent , and some articles , such as that of spirits , a great deal higher . You did not think it uncommercial to tax the whole mass of your manufactures , and ...
... whole body of British manufactures , taxed from two and a half to fifteen per cent , and some articles , such as that of spirits , a great deal higher . You did not think it uncommercial to tax the whole mass of your manufactures , and ...
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