The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... colonies was of no detriment to France , has thought proper to inform us , that * " they put themselves “ into the hands of the English . ” He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had ...
... colonies was of no detriment to France , has thought proper to inform us , that * " they put themselves “ into the hands of the English . ” He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had ...
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... colonies into the hands of the English . " Though he has made no exception , yet I would be liberal to him ; perhaps he means to confine himself to her colonies in the West Indies . But surely it will fare as ill with him there as in ...
... colonies into the hands of the English . " Though he has made no exception , yet I would be liberal to him ; perhaps he means to confine himself to her colonies in the West Indies . But surely it will fare as ill with him there as in ...
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... colonies in no other light than as a convenience for the remittances to France , which he afferts that thc war had before suspended , but for which a way was opened ( by our conqueft ) as secure as in time of peace . I charitably hope ...
... colonies in no other light than as a convenience for the remittances to France , which he afferts that thc war had before suspended , but for which a way was opened ( by our conqueft ) as secure as in time of peace . I charitably hope ...
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... colonies were free to send all their produce to Old France and Spain , if they had any remittance to make ; he will fee , that we imported from those places , in that year , to the amount of £ 1.1,395,300 . So far was the whole annual ...
... colonies were free to send all their produce to Old France and Spain , if they had any remittance to make ; he will fee , that we imported from those places , in that year , to the amount of £ 1.1,395,300 . So far was the whole annual ...
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... was evident to the whole world ; the ruin of the trade of France , and our possession of her colonies . What wonderful effects this cause produced , the * P. 6 . reader reader will see below * ; and he will form 30 OBSERVATIONS ON ALATE.
... was evident to the whole world ; the ruin of the trade of France , and our possession of her colonies . What wonderful effects this cause produced , the * P. 6 . reader reader will see below * ; and he will form 30 OBSERVATIONS ON ALATE.
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