The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... authority appeared , therefore , to the Americans in the light of a great in- novation . The words of Governor Bernard's ninth letter , written in November , 1765 , state this idea very strongly . " It must , " says he , " have been ...
... authority appeared , therefore , to the Americans in the light of a great in- novation . The words of Governor Bernard's ninth letter , written in November , 1765 , state this idea very strongly . " It must , " says he , " have been ...
Page 35
... authority of Governor Bernard in this point is indisputable . Speaking of these laws , as they regarded that part of America now in so un- happy a condition , he says , " I believe they are no- where better supported than in this ...
... authority of Governor Bernard in this point is indisputable . Speaking of these laws , as they regarded that part of America now in so un- happy a condition , he says , " I believe they are no- where better supported than in this ...
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... authority for it . - Thus , Sir , I have disposed of this falsehood . But falsehood has a perennial spring . It is said that no conjecture could be made of the dislike of the colo- nies to the principle . This is as untrue as the other ...
... authority for it . - Thus , Sir , I have disposed of this falsehood . But falsehood has a perennial spring . It is said that no conjecture could be made of the dislike of the colo- nies to the principle . This is as untrue as the other ...
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... authority of mine . It is proved by uncontroverti- ble records . The honorable gentleman has desired some of us to lay our hands upon our hearts and an- swer to his queries upon the historical part of this con- sideration , and by his ...
... authority of mine . It is proved by uncontroverti- ble records . The honorable gentleman has desired some of us to lay our hands upon our hearts and an- swer to his queries upon the historical part of this con- sideration , and by his ...
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... authority of Great Britain ; they preserved the equity of Great Britain . They made the Declaratory Act ; they repealed the Stamp Act . They did both fully because the Declaratory Act was without qualification ; and the repeal of the ...
... authority of Great Britain ; they preserved the equity of Great Britain . They made the Declaratory Act ; they repealed the Stamp Act . They did both fully because the Declaratory Act was without qualification ; and the repeal of the ...
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