The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1866 - Great Britain |
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... things ? Five sixths repealed , - abandoned , -sunk , -gone , -lost forever . Does the poor solitary tea- duty support the purposes of this preamble ? Is not the supply there stated as effectually abandoned as if the tea - duty had ...
... things ? Five sixths repealed , - abandoned , -sunk , -gone , -lost forever . Does the poor solitary tea- duty support the purposes of this preamble ? Is not the supply there stated as effectually abandoned as if the tea - duty had ...
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... commerce , ( if this were the whole consideration , ) have taxed these commodities . The same may be said of glass . Besides , some of the things taxed were so trivial , that the loss of SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 13.
... commerce , ( if this were the whole consideration , ) have taxed these commodities . The same may be said of glass . Besides , some of the things taxed were so trivial , that the loss of SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 13.
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... things by bits and scraps , some at one time and one pretence , and some at another , just as they pressed , without any sort of regard to their relations or dependencies . They never had any kind of sys- tem , right or wrong ; but only ...
... things by bits and scraps , some at one time and one pretence , and some at another , just as they pressed , without any sort of regard to their relations or dependencies . They never had any kind of sys- tem , right or wrong ; but only ...
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... things are involved in the comprehen- sive energy of that significant appellation . I am not called upon to enlarge to you on that danger , which you thought proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the ...
... things are involved in the comprehen- sive energy of that significant appellation . I am not called upon to enlarge to you on that danger , which you thought proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the ...
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... thing that wants , not only a sub- stance , but even a name , for a thing which is neither abstract right nor profitable enjoyment . They tell you , Sir , that your dignity is tied to it . I know not how it happens , but this dignity of ...
... thing that wants , not only a sub- stance , but even a name , for a thing which is neither abstract right nor profitable enjoyment . They tell you , Sir , that your dignity is tied to it . I know not how it happens , but this dignity of ...
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