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Page 152
... and , without affecting the abstract extent of the authority of Parliament , it
recognizes the equity of not suffering any considerable district , in which the
British subjects may act as a body , to be taxed without their own voice in the
grant . Now if ...
... and , without affecting the abstract extent of the authority of Parliament , it
recognizes the equity of not suffering any considerable district , in which the
British subjects may act as a body , to be taxed without their own voice in the
grant . Now if ...
Page 163
You cannot assert that you took on yourselves the task of imposing colony taxes ,
from the want of another legal body that is competent to the purpose of supplying
the exigencies of the state without wounding the prejudices of the people .
You cannot assert that you took on yourselves the task of imposing colony taxes ,
from the want of another legal body that is competent to the purpose of supplying
the exigencies of the state without wounding the prejudices of the people .
Page 171
... it is my misfortune to continue a difference with the majority of this House . But
as the reasons for that difference are my apology for thus troubling you , suffer me
to state them in a very few words . I shall compress them into as small a body ...
... it is my misfortune to continue a difference with the majority of this House . But
as the reasons for that difference are my apology for thus troubling you , suffer me
to state them in a very few words . I shall compress them into as small a body ...
Page 177
Has it not hitherto been true in the colonies ? Why should you presume , that , in
any country , a body duly constituted for any function will neglect to perform its
duty , and abdicate its trust ? Such a presumption would go against all
government ...
Has it not hitherto been true in the colonies ? Why should you presume , that , in
any country , a body duly constituted for any function will neglect to perform its
duty , and abdicate its trust ? Such a presumption would go against all
government ...
Page 182
As the propositions were opened separately in the body of the speech , the
reader perhaps may wish to see the whole of them together , in the form in which
they were moved for . “ MOVED , “ That the colonies and plantations of Great
Britain in ...
As the propositions were opened separately in the body of the speech , the
reader perhaps may wish to see the whole of them together , in the form in which
they were moved for . “ MOVED , “ That the colonies and plantations of Great
Britain in ...
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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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