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Page 187
... common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of taxes , and the high price of labour and ... House of Commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politica . As to the composition , it bears a striking and ...
... common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of taxes , and the high price of labour and ... House of Commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politica . As to the composition , it bears a striking and ...
Page 210
... House of Commons , in the following session , that the navy debt carry . ing interest was , on the 31st of December , 1764 , no more than £ 1,687,442 . I am sure therefore that I admit too much when I admit the navy debt carrying ...
... House of Commons , in the following session , that the navy debt carry . ing interest was , on the 31st of December , 1764 , no more than £ 1,687,442 . I am sure therefore that I admit too much when I admit the navy debt carrying ...
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... House of Commons , the offer , as it was natural , of £ 400,000 was very well relished . But nothing could be more disgustful than the £ 80,000 which the company had divided amongst themselves . A violent tempest of public indignation ...
... House of Commons , the offer , as it was natural , of £ 400,000 was very well relished . But nothing could be more disgustful than the £ 80,000 which the company had divided amongst themselves . A violent tempest of public indignation ...
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Edmund Burke. the bar of the House of Commons . Possibly we might be interrupted in the enjoyment of this pleasing ... House of Commons ; nor will any minister be wild enough 40 40 even to propose such a representation in parliament ...
Edmund Burke. the bar of the House of Commons . Possibly we might be interrupted in the enjoyment of this pleasing ... House of Commons ; nor will any minister be wild enough 40 40 even to propose such a representation in parliament ...
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... House of Commons . When they knew who were to use that authority , and how it was to be employed , they thought it never could be carried too far . It must be always the wish of an unconstitutional states- man , that a House of Commons ...
... House of Commons . When they knew who were to use that authority , and how it was to be employed , they thought it never could be carried too far . It must be always the wish of an unconstitutional states- man , that a House of Commons ...
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