The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 14
... kind of sys- tem , right or wrong ; but only invented occasionally some miserable tale for the day , in order meanly to sneak out of difficulties into which they had proudly strutted . And they were put to all these shifts and devices ...
... kind of sys- tem , right or wrong ; but only invented occasionally some miserable tale for the day , in order meanly to sneak out of difficulties into which they had proudly strutted . And they were put to all these shifts and devices ...
Page 36
... kind were held out to them ; and in particular , I well remember that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant ha- rangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before their eyes the image of a revenue to be raised in America . Here began ...
... kind were held out to them ; and in particular , I well remember that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant ha- rangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before their eyes the image of a revenue to be raised in America . Here began ...
Page 41
... kind , — that we were to go on , from day to day , in charging them with such taxes as we pleased , for such a military force as we should think proper . Had this plan been pursued , it was evident that the provincial assemblies , in ...
... kind , — that we were to go on , from day to day , in charging them with such taxes as we pleased , for such a military force as we should think proper . Had this plan been pursued , it was evident that the provincial assemblies , in ...
Page 47
... . The other principle was , that taxes of this kind were contrary to the fundamental princi- ples of commerce on which the colonies were founded , and contrary to every idea of political equity , - SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 47.
... . The other principle was , that taxes of this kind were contrary to the fundamental princi- ples of commerce on which the colonies were founded , and contrary to every idea of political equity , - SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 47.
Page 67
... kind should be done . Here this extraordinary man , then Chancellor of the Exchequer , found himself in great straits . To please universally was the object of his life ; but to tax and to please , no more than to love and to be wise ...
... kind should be done . Here this extraordinary man , then Chancellor of the Exchequer , found himself in great straits . To please universally was the object of his life ; but to tax and to please , no more than to love and to be wise ...
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