The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... wish to tread the narrow ground to which alone the honorable gen- tleman , in one part of his speech , has so strictly con- fined us . He desires to know , whether , if we were to repeal this tax , agreeably to the proposition of the ...
... wish to tread the narrow ground to which alone the honorable gen- tleman , in one part of his speech , has so strictly con- fined us . He desires to know , whether , if we were to repeal this tax , agreeably to the proposition of the ...
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... wish to repeal is not declaratory of a right , as some gentle- men seem to argue it : it is only a recital of the expedi ency of a certain exercise of a right supposed already to have been asserted ; an exercise you are now con- tending ...
... wish to repeal is not declaratory of a right , as some gentle- men seem to argue it : it is only a recital of the expedi ency of a certain exercise of a right supposed already to have been asserted ; an exercise you are now con- tending ...
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... wish to depart from that plan which affords the surest and most permanent foundation of pub- lic tranquillity and happiness . No , my Lord , we are sure our most gracious sovereign , under whatever changes may happen in his confi ...
... wish to depart from that plan which affords the surest and most permanent foundation of pub- lic tranquillity and happiness . No , my Lord , we are sure our most gracious sovereign , under whatever changes may happen in his confi ...
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... wishes to infer from the admis- sion or from the denial of this fact on which he so earnestly adjures me , I do put my hand on my heart and assure him that they did not come to a resolution directly to repeal . They weighed this matter ...
... wishes to infer from the admis- sion or from the denial of this fact on which he so earnestly adjures me , I do put my hand on my heart and assure him that they did not come to a resolution directly to repeal . They weighed this matter ...
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... wish to form themselves on whatever of excellence has gone before them . There are many young members in the House ( such of late has been the rapid succession of public men ) who never saw that prodigy , Charles Townshend , nor of ...
... wish to form themselves on whatever of excellence has gone before them . There are many young members in the House ( such of late has been the rapid succession of public men ) who never saw that prodigy , Charles Townshend , nor of ...
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