The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 |
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The friends of administration have been used to attribute a great deal of the
opposition to their measures in America to the writings published in England .
The editor of this speech kept it back , until all the measures of government have
had ...
The friends of administration have been used to attribute a great deal of the
opposition to their measures in America to the writings published in England .
The editor of this speech kept it back , until all the measures of government have
had ...
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... under the sanction of his authority , and , on the various grounds he has
measured out , to submit to you the poor opinions which I have formed upon a
matter of importance enough to demand the fullest consideration I could bestow
upon it .
... under the sanction of his authority , and , on the various grounds he has
measured out , to submit to you the poor opinions which I have formed upon a
matter of importance enough to demand the fullest consideration I could bestow
upon it .
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For that sense and that reason I have always understood absolutely to prescribe ,
( whenever we are involved in difficulties from the measures we have pursued , )
that we should take a strict review of those measures , in order to correct our ...
For that sense and that reason I have always understood absolutely to prescribe ,
( whenever we are involved in difficulties from the measures we have pursued , )
that we should take a strict review of those measures , in order to correct our ...
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When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I affirm , first , that the
Americans did not in consequence of this measure call upon you to give up the
former Parliamentary revenue which subsisted in that country , or even any one ...
When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I affirm , first , that the
Americans did not in consequence of this measure call upon you to give up the
former Parliamentary revenue which subsisted in that country , or even any one ...
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... and it was as good for preserving the five duties as for retaining the sixth .
Besides , the minister will recollect that the repeal of the Stamp Act had but just
preceded his repeal ; and the ill policy of that measure , ( had it been so impolitic
as ...
... and it was as good for preserving the five duties as for retaining the sixth .
Besides , the minister will recollect that the repeal of the Stamp Act had but just
preceded his repeal ; and the ill policy of that measure , ( had it been so impolitic
as ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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