The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundationits commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain , by the a & t for repcaling certain duties , and encouraging ...
... revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundationits commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain , by the a & t for repcaling certain duties , and encouraging ...
Page 15
... revenue we have secn - are Lord Delpenser and Mr. George Grenvillc ; and under the description of men of virtue and ability , le holds them out to us as tlic only persons fit to put our affairs in order . Let not the reader rnistake ine ...
... revenue we have secn - are Lord Delpenser and Mr. George Grenvillc ; and under the description of men of virtue and ability , le holds them out to us as tlic only persons fit to put our affairs in order . Let not the reader rnistake ine ...
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... revenue ; if a continued series of disappointments , disgraces , and defeats , followed by publick bankruptcy , on the part of France ; if all these still leave her a gainer on the whole balance , will it not be downright phrenzy in us ...
... revenue ; if a continued series of disappointments , disgraces , and defeats , followed by publick bankruptcy , on the part of France ; if all these still leave her a gainer on the whole balance , will it not be downright phrenzy in us ...
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... revenue either at home or abroad , fufficient to defray the expence of their establishments ; not one fhilling towards the reduction of our debt . Guadaloupe or Martinico alone would have given us material aid ; much in the way of ...
... revenue either at home or abroad , fufficient to defray the expence of their establishments ; not one fhilling towards the reduction of our debt . Guadaloupe or Martinico alone would have given us material aid ; much in the way of ...
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... revenue . The greater he made that establishment , the stronger hc expected to stand in argument : but , whatever he expected or proposed , he fhould have stated the matter fairly . He tells us that this establishment is near ...
... revenue . The greater he made that establishment , the stronger hc expected to stand in argument : but , whatever he expected or proposed , he fhould have stated the matter fairly . He tells us that this establishment is near ...
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