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Page 67
To gratify the colonists , it was laid on British manufactures ; to satisfy the
merchants of Britain , the duty was trivial , and ( except that on tea , which
touched only the devoted East India Company ) on none of the grand objects of
commerce .
To gratify the colonists , it was laid on British manufactures ; to satisfy the
merchants of Britain , the duty was trivial , and ( except that on tea , which
touched only the devoted East India Company ) on none of the grand objects of
commerce .
Page 72
I cannot be certain of its reception in the bad company it may keep . In such
heterogeneous assortments , the most innocent person will lose the effect of his
innocency . Though you should send out this angel of peace , yet you are
sending out ...
I cannot be certain of its reception in the bad company it may keep . In such
heterogeneous assortments , the most innocent person will lose the effect of his
innocency . Though you should send out this angel of peace , yet you are
sending out ...
Page 140
I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog , though in such respectable
company . The question with me is , not whether you have a right to render your
people miserable , but whether it is not your interest to make them happy . It is not
what ...
I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog , though in such respectable
company . The question with me is , not whether you have a right to render your
people miserable , but whether it is not your interest to make them happy . It is not
what ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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