The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 265
... colonies . Private houses were relieved from the jurisdiction of the excise , by the repeal of the cider tax . The personal liberty of the subject was confirmed , by the resolution against general warrants . The lawful secrets of ...
... colonies . Private houses were relieved from the jurisdiction of the excise , by the repeal of the cider tax . The personal liberty of the subject was confirmed , by the resolution against general warrants . The lawful secrets of ...
Page 266
... colonies , before that time jarring and dis- sonant , were understood , compared , adjusted , and perfectly reconciled . The passions and animosities of the colonies , by judicious and lenient measures , were allayed and composed , and ...
... colonies , before that time jarring and dis- sonant , were understood , compared , adjusted , and perfectly reconciled . The passions and animosities of the colonies , by judicious and lenient measures , were allayed and composed , and ...
Page 281
... colonies , he tells them † that the loss of her ultra- marine dominions lessens her expenses , and insures her remittances : Per damna , per cædes , ab ipso Ducit opes animumque ferro . If so , what is it we can do to hurt her ? - it ...
... colonies , he tells them † that the loss of her ultra- marine dominions lessens her expenses , and insures her remittances : Per damna , per cædes , ab ipso Ducit opes animumque ferro . If so , what is it we can do to hurt her ? - it ...
Page 283
... colonies was of no detriment to France , has thought proper to inform us , that " they put themselves into the hands of the English . " He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had put ...
... colonies was of no detriment to France , has thought proper to inform us , that " they put themselves into the hands of the English . " He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had put ...
Page 284
... colonies into the hands of England ; but he well knows who did put the most valuable of them into the hands of France . In the next place , our author * is pleased to con- sider the conquest of those colonies in no other light than as a ...
... colonies into the hands of England ; but he well knows who did put the most valuable of them into the hands of France . In the next place , our author * is pleased to con- sider the conquest of those colonies in no other light than as a ...
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