The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... ON AMERICAN TAXATION 382 · SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL 438 SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA 456 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY : OR , A VIEW viii CONTENTS .
... ON AMERICAN TAXATION 382 · SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL 438 SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA 456 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY : OR , A VIEW viii CONTENTS .
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... America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a general calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above ...
... America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a general calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above ...
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... America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions - its revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation - its commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain ...
... America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions - its revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation - its commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain ...
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... America . The loss of the trade to old Spain was a further bar to an influx of specie ; and the attempt upon Portugal had not only deprived us of an import of bullion from thence , but the payment of our troops employed in its defence ...
... America . The loss of the trade to old Spain was a further bar to an influx of specie ; and the attempt upon Portugal had not only deprived us of an import of bullion from thence , but the payment of our troops employed in its defence ...
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... America , whilst we remember that in our first attempt at Martinico we were actually defeated ; that it was three months before we reduced Guadaloupe ; and that the conquest of the Havannah was achieved by the highest conduct , aided by ...
... America , whilst we remember that in our first attempt at Martinico we were actually defeated ; that it was three months before we reduced Guadaloupe ; and that the conquest of the Havannah was achieved by the highest conduct , aided by ...
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