The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 150
... crown of England , it gave to the Welsh all the rights and privileges of English subjects . A political order was established ; the military power gave way to the civil ; the marches were turned into counties . But that a nation should ...
... crown of England , it gave to the Welsh all the rights and privileges of English subjects . A political order was established ; the military power gave way to the civil ; the marches were turned into counties . But that a nation should ...
Page 158
... crown have regularly , for near a century , passed the public offices without dispute . Those who have been pleased paradoxically to deny this right , holding that none but the British Parlia- ment can grant to the crown , are wished to ...
... crown have regularly , for near a century , passed the public offices without dispute . Those who have been pleased paradoxically to deny this right , holding that none but the British Parlia- ment can grant to the crown , are wished to ...
Page 159
Edmund Burke. some of the law servants of the crown . I say , that , if the crown could be responsible , his Majesty , - but certainly the ministers , and even these law officers themselves , through whose hands the acts pass bien ...
Edmund Burke. some of the law servants of the crown . I say , that , if the crown could be responsible , his Majesty , - but certainly the ministers , and even these law officers themselves , through whose hands the acts pass bien ...
Page 160
... crown of Great Britain the island of Cape Breton and its dependencies . " These expenses were immense for such colonies . They were above 200,000l . sterling : money first raised and advanced on their public credit . On the 28th of ...
... crown of Great Britain the island of Cape Breton and its dependencies . " These expenses were immense for such colonies . They were above 200,000l . sterling : money first raised and advanced on their public credit . On the 28th of ...
Page 162
... crown , and the sense of Parliament , on the productive nature of a revenue by grant . Now search the same journals for the produce of the revenue by imposition . Where is it ? — let us know the volume and the page . What is the gross ...
... crown , and the sense of Parliament , on the productive nature of a revenue by grant . Now search the same journals for the produce of the revenue by imposition . Where is it ? — let us know the volume and the page . What is the gross ...
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