The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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... Majesty , moved in the House of Commons , June 14 , 1784 ; with Preface and Notes . • 146 Speech on the Motion made for Papers relative to the Directions for Charging the Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts to Europeans on the Revenues of ...
... Majesty , moved in the House of Commons , June 14 , 1784 ; with Preface and Notes . • 146 Speech on the Motion made for Papers relative to the Directions for Charging the Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts to Europeans on the Revenues of ...
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... majesty , of this grave deliberation of policy and empire . For my part , I have thought myself bound , when a matter of this extraordinary weight came before me , not to consider ( as some gentlemen are so fond of doing ) whether the ...
... majesty , of this grave deliberation of policy and empire . For my part , I have thought myself bound , when a matter of this extraordinary weight came before me , not to consider ( as some gentlemen are so fond of doing ) whether the ...
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... majesty's recall ) is appointed at once the treasurer and disposer of these taxes , levied without any sort of authority , from the company , from the crown , or from parliament . In effect , sir , every legal , regular authority in ...
... majesty's recall ) is appointed at once the treasurer and disposer of these taxes , levied without any sort of authority , from the company , from the crown , or from parliament . In effect , sir , every legal , regular authority in ...
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... take my share , by one humble vote , in destroying a tyranny that exists to the disgrace of this nation , and the destruction of so large a part of the human species . A REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY , MOVED IN THE HOUSE.
... take my share , by one humble vote , in destroying a tyranny that exists to the disgrace of this nation , and the destruction of so large a part of the human species . A REPRESENTATION TO HIS MAJESTY , MOVED IN THE HOUSE.
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... JUNE 14 , 1784 , AND NEGATIVED . WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES . PREFACE THE representation now given to the public relates to A Representation to His Majesty, moved in House of Commons, June 14, 1784; with Preface and Notes.
... JUNE 14 , 1784 , AND NEGATIVED . WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES . PREFACE THE representation now given to the public relates to A Representation to His Majesty, moved in House of Commons, June 14, 1784; with Preface and Notes.
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