Writings and Speeches, Volume 2Little Brown and Company, 1901 - Great Britain |
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... subject is interesting ; the matters of informa- tion various and important ; and the publication at this time , the editor hopes , will not be thought un- seasonable . SPEECH . DURING the last session of the last Parliament 4 PREFACE .
... subject is interesting ; the matters of informa- tion various and important ; and the publication at this time , the editor hopes , will not be thought un- seasonable . SPEECH . DURING the last session of the last Parliament 4 PREFACE .
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... matter of importance enough to demand the fullest consideration I could bestow upon it . He has stated to the House two grounds of deliber- ation : one narrow and simple , and merely confined to the question on your paper ; the other ...
... matter of importance enough to demand the fullest consideration I could bestow upon it . He has stated to the House two grounds of deliber- ation : one narrow and simple , and merely confined to the question on your paper ; the other ...
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... matter largely . I cannot prevail on myself to agree with him in his censure of his own conduct . It is not , he will give me leave to say , either useless or dangerous . He asserts , that retro- spect is not wise ; and the proper , the ...
... matter largely . I cannot prevail on myself to agree with him in his censure of his own conduct . It is not , he will give me leave to say , either useless or dangerous . He asserts , that retro- spect is not wise ; and the proper , the ...
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... matter , but on the conduct of the honorable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . The act of 1767 , which grants this tea - duty , sets forth in its preamble , that it was expedient to raise a revenue in America ...
... matter , but on the conduct of the honorable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . The act of 1767 , which grants this tea - duty , sets forth in its preamble , that it was expedient to raise a revenue in America ...
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... matter as well as they can together ; for , if the repeal of American taxes destroys all our government in America , - he is the man ! - and he is the worst of all the repealers , because he is the last . But I hear it rung continually ...
... matter as well as they can together ; for , if the repeal of American taxes destroys all our government in America , - he is the man ! - and he is the worst of all the repealers , because he is the last . But I hear it rung continually ...
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