The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 206
... burthen of the cessions ought to fall upon France and that everything which was of grace and favour should be given to Spain . Spain could not , on her part , have executed a capital article in the family compact , which obliged her to ...
... burthen of the cessions ought to fall upon France and that everything which was of grace and favour should be given to Spain . Spain could not , on her part , have executed a capital article in the family compact , which obliged her to ...
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... burthen lay rather too heavy ; but it would never prove that the revenue from con- sumption was impaired , which it was his business to do . But what is the real fact ? Let us take , as the best instance for the purpose , the produce of ...
... burthen lay rather too heavy ; but it would never prove that the revenue from con- sumption was impaired , which it was his business to do . But what is the real fact ? Let us take , as the best instance for the purpose , the produce of ...
Page 219
... burthens of the war leaned the most immediately , by the additional duties on malt , and upon beer . Average of strong ... burthen as well as he ; but I cannot avoid contemplating also the Although the public brewery has considerably ...
... burthens of the war leaned the most immediately , by the additional duties on malt , and upon beer . Average of strong ... burthen as well as he ; but I cannot avoid contemplating also the Although the public brewery has considerably ...
Page 231
... burthen , does not exist in France ; does he not know that the lands of the noblesse are still under the load of the greater part of the old feudal charges , from which the gentry of England have been relieved for upwards of 100 years ...
... burthen , does not exist in France ; does he not know that the lands of the noblesse are still under the load of the greater part of the old feudal charges , from which the gentry of England have been relieved for upwards of 100 years ...
Page 235
... burthen of establishments , or with the diffi- culty of finding ways and means . If an establishment is troublesome to him , he lops off at a stroke just as much of it as he chooses . He mows down , without giving quarter , or assigning ...
... burthen of establishments , or with the diffi- culty of finding ways and means . If an establishment is troublesome to him , he lops off at a stroke just as much of it as he chooses . He mows down , without giving quarter , or assigning ...
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