The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 24
... Parliament heard of what it was to do with the duties which it had given and granted to the king was by the publication of the votes of American assemblies . It was in America that your resolutions were pre - declared . It was from ...
... Parliament heard of what it was to do with the duties which it had given and granted to the king was by the publication of the votes of American assemblies . It was in America that your resolutions were pre - declared . It was from ...
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... Parliament , from the year 1660 to the unfortunate period of 1764 . In all those acts the system of commerce is ... Parliamentary rev- enue from thence was never once in contemplation . Accordingly , in all the number of laws passed with ...
... Parliament , from the year 1660 to the unfortunate period of 1764 . In all those acts the system of commerce is ... Parliamentary rev- enue from thence was never once in contemplation . Accordingly , in all the number of laws passed with ...
Page 42
... Parliament . The duties were port - duties , like those they had been accustomed to bear , -with this differ- ence , that the title was not the same , the preamble not the same , and the spirit altogether unlike . But of what service is ...
... Parliament . The duties were port - duties , like those they had been accustomed to bear , -with this differ- ence , that the title was not the same , the preamble not the same , and the spirit altogether unlike . But of what service is ...
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... Parliament , he might save him- self the trouble of the discussion , as he was determined on the measure . This is ... Parliamentary taxation . What was the consequence ? They were suppressed , they were put under the table ...
... Parliament , he might save him- self the trouble of the discussion , as he was determined on the measure . This is ... Parliamentary taxation . What was the consequence ? They were suppressed , they were put under the table ...
Page 48
... Parliament sat to fill the vacancies on the 14th day of December , and on business the 14th of the following January . 1 Sir , a partial repeal , or , as the bon - ton of the court then was , a modification , would have satisfied a ...
... Parliament sat to fill the vacancies on the 14th day of December , and on business the 14th of the following January . 1 Sir , a partial repeal , or , as the bon - ton of the court then was , a modification , would have satisfied a ...
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