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... questions . My fentiments , I am fure , are well known to him ; and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his ... question on your pa- per : the other more large and more complicated ; comprehend- ing the whole series of ...
... questions . My fentiments , I am fure , are well known to him ; and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his ... question on your pa- per : the other more large and more complicated ; comprehend- ing the whole series of ...
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... questions have fhaken the folid ftructure of this Empire to its deepest foundations . Of those two propofitions I fhall , before I have done , give such convincing , fuch damning proof , that however the contrary may be whispered in ...
... questions have fhaken the folid ftructure of this Empire to its deepest foundations . Of those two propofitions I fhall , before I have done , give such convincing , fuch damning proof , that however the contrary may be whispered in ...
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... and the colonies , " and fubvert- ers " of the mutual affection and confidence on which the glory and fafety of the British empire depend . ” + Lord North . { After After this letter the question is no more on propriety ( 16 )
... and the colonies , " and fubvert- ers " of the mutual affection and confidence on which the glory and fafety of the British empire depend . ” + Lord North . { After After this letter the question is no more on propriety ( 16 )
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Edmund Burke. After this letter the question is no more on propriety or dignis ty . They are gone already . The faith of your Sovereign is pledged for the political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the whole of ...
Edmund Burke. After this letter the question is no more on propriety or dignis ty . They are gone already . The faith of your Sovereign is pledged for the political principle . The general declaration in the letter goes to the whole of ...
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... question- Why did you repeal the ethers given in the fame act , whilft the very fame violence fubfifted ? -But you did not find the violence cease upon that conceffion . - No ! Because the conceffion was far fhort of fatisfying the ...
... question- Why did you repeal the ethers given in the fame act , whilft the very fame violence fubfifted ? -But you did not find the violence cease upon that conceffion . - No ! Because the conceffion was far fhort of fatisfying the ...
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act of navigation addrefs adminiſtration affemblies affertion affure againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe British buſineſs cauſe Charles Townshend chooſe colonies commerce conceffion confequence confideration confiftent declaratory act defire diftinction diſturbances duties England eſtabliſhed faid fame fecure feemed feffion fhall fhew fhould fide fince fituation fole fome fomething fpeech fpirit friends ftamp ftamp-act ftand ftate ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure fyftem Gentleman Governor Great-Britain himſelf honour houfe houſe impofe juft juſt laft laſt laws leaſt lenitive Lord Chatham Lord Hillsborough Lord North Lord Rockingham Majefty meaſures minifters miniftry moft moſt muſt neceffary never noble Lord occafion oppofition paffed parliament perfon pleaſe preamble prefent preferve principle promifed purpoſe queſtion racters raiſed reaſon refiftance refolution refpect repeal repreſented requifition revenue in America ſay ſcheme ſeem ſome ſtand ſtate ſuch taxation taxes thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion trade ufual underſtanding uſed whilft
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Page 24 - With a masculine understanding," and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business not as a duty which he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy...
Page 47 - Be content to bind America by laws of trade, you have always done it. Let this be your reason for binding their trade. Do not burthen them by taxes ; you were not used to do so from the beginning. Let this be your reason for not taxing. These are the arguments of states and kingdoms. Leave the rest to the schools ; for there only they may be discussed with safety.
Page 33 - I knew well enough (it could not be concealed from any body) the true state of things ; but, in my life, I never came with so much spirits into this house. It was a time for a man to act in. We had powerful enemies ; but we had faithful and determined friends ; and a glorious cause.
Page 24 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 34 - When, at length you had determined in their favour, and your doors, thrown open, showed them the figure of their deliverer in the well-earned triumph of his important victory, from the whole of that grave multitude there arose an involuntary burst of gratitude and transport.
Page 51 - I had rather bear the brunt of all his wit, and, indeed, blows much heavier, than stand answerable to God for embracing a system that tends to the destruction of some of the very best and fairest of His works. But I know the map of England as well as the noble lord, or as any other person ; and I know that the way I take is not the road to preferment.
Page 34 - I do not know how others feel ; but if I had stood in that situation, I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow.
Page 44 - ... in their ideas, what part they were going to take in any debate. It is astonishing how much this uncertainty, especially at critical times, called the attention of all parties on such men.
Page 42 - We are this day considering the effect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause ; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame — a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Page 44 - ... they rebellowed from the other; and that party, to whom they fell at length from their tremulous and dancing balance, always received them in a tempest of applause.