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policy of this kingdom , labor under the effect of this short current phrase , which
the court leaders have given out to all their corps , in order to take away the credit
of those who would prevent you from that frantic war you are going to wage ...
policy of this kingdom , labor under the effect of this short current phrase , which
the court leaders have given out to all their corps , in order to take away the credit
of those who would prevent you from that frantic war you are going to wage ...
Page 55
... that the papers on your table bear me out in saying that all the late
disturbances , which have been at one time the minister's motives for the repeal
of five out of six of the new court taxes , and are now his pretences for refusing to
repeal that ...
... that the papers on your table bear me out in saying that all the late
disturbances , which have been at one time the minister's motives for the repeal
of five out of six of the new court taxes , and are now his pretences for refusing to
repeal that ...
Page 56
Sir , this vermin of court reporters , when they are forced into day upon one point ,
are sure to burrow in another : but they shall have no refuge ; I will make them
bolt out of all their holes . Conscious that 56 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION
.
Sir , this vermin of court reporters , when they are forced into day upon one point ,
are sure to burrow in another : but they shall have no refuge ; I will make them
bolt out of all their holes . Conscious that 56 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION
.
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The credit of such men at court or in the nation is the sole cause of all the public
measures . It would be an invidious thing ( most foreign , I trust , to what you think
my disposition ) to remark the errors into which the authority of great names has ...
The credit of such men at court or in the nation is the sole cause of all the public
measures . It would be an invidious thing ( most foreign , I trust , to what you think
my disposition ) to remark the errors into which the authority of great names has ...
Page 90
... at one stroke all those freedoms which are the dearest privileges of your
corporation , - which the Common Law authorizes , — which your magistrates are
compelled to grant , - which come duly authenticated into this court , — and are
saved ...
... at one stroke all those freedoms which are the dearest privileges of your
corporation , - which the Common Law authorizes , — which your magistrates are
compelled to grant , - which come duly authenticated into this court , — and are
saved ...
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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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