The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1866 - Great Britain |
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Page 15
... obliged to take in consequence of it . America would have furnished that vent , which no other part of the world can furnish but America , where tea is next to a necessary of life , and where the demand grows upon the supply . I hope ...
... obliged to take in consequence of it . America would have furnished that vent , which no other part of the world can furnish but America , where tea is next to a necessary of life , and where the demand grows upon the supply . I hope ...
Page 29
... oblige you to this repeal . - But still it sticks in our throats , if we go so far , the Americans will go farther . - We do not know that . We ought , from experience , rather to presume the con- trary . Do we not know for certain ...
... oblige you to this repeal . - But still it sticks in our throats , if we go so far , the Americans will go farther . - We do not know that . We ought , from experience , rather to presume the con- trary . Do we not know for certain ...
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... obliged to ask , " Sir , your name ? " - " Sir , you have the advantage of me . " - " Mr . Such - a - one . " - " I beg a thousand pardons . " -I venture to say , it did so happen that persons had a single office divided between them ...
... obliged to ask , " Sir , your name ? " - " Sir , you have the advantage of me . " - " Mr . Such - a - one . " - " I beg a thousand pardons . " -I venture to say , it did so happen that persons had a single office divided between them ...
Page 85
... obliging , and to me the most honorable exertions . I have so high an opinion of the great trust which you have to confer on this occasion , and , by long ex- perience , so just a diffidence in my abilities to fill it in a manner ...
... obliging , and to me the most honorable exertions . I have so high an opinion of the great trust which you have to confer on this occasion , and , by long ex- perience , so just a diffidence in my abilities to fill it in a manner ...
Page 90
... obliged to you , I am not insensible of your kindness . - - This is all that I am able to say for the inestimable favor you have conferred upon me . But I cannot be satisfied without saying a little more in defence of the right you have ...
... obliged to you , I am not insensible of your kindness . - - This is all that I am able to say for the inestimable favor you have conferred upon me . But I cannot be satisfied without saying a little more in defence of the right you have ...
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