The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkeG. Bell, 1883 - Great Britain |
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Page 187
... common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of taxes , and the high price of labour and ... House of Commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politics . As to the composition , it bears a striking and 66 ...
... common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of taxes , and the high price of labour and ... House of Commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politics . As to the composition , it bears a striking and 66 ...
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... House of Commons , in the following session , that the navy debt carry- ing interest was , on the 31st of December , 1764 , no more than £ 1,687,442 . I am sure therefore that I admit too much when I admit the navy debt carrying ...
... House of Commons , in the following session , that the navy debt carry- ing interest was , on the 31st of December , 1764 , no more than £ 1,687,442 . I am sure therefore that I admit too much when I admit the navy debt carrying ...
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... House of Commons to com- pliment the crown with a sort of juridical declaration of a title to the company's acquisitions in India ; which the crown , on its part , with the best air in the world , was to bestow upon the public . Then it ...
... House of Commons to com- pliment the crown with a sort of juridical declaration of a title to the company's acquisitions in India ; which the crown , on its part , with the best air in the world , was to bestow upon the public . Then it ...
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... House of Commons , and the inconsiderate and abrupt rejection of it in the House of Lords ; the strange and violent tumults which arose in consequence , and which were rendered more serious by being charged by the ministers upon one ...
... House of Commons , and the inconsiderate and abrupt rejection of it in the House of Lords ; the strange and violent tumults which arose in consequence , and which were rendered more serious by being charged by the ministers upon one ...
Page 322
... House of Lords , or in the House of Commons , or by the crown , ought certainly to ex- cite the vigilant and anxious jealousy of a free people . Even a new and unprecedented course of action in the whole legis- lature , without great ...
... House of Lords , or in the House of Commons , or by the crown , ought certainly to ex- cite the vigilant and anxious jealousy of a free people . Even a new and unprecedented course of action in the whole legis- lature , without great ...
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