The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 71
... patience prove fruitless to your interests . For my part , I should choose ( if I could have my wish ) that the proposition of the honorable gentle- * man for the repeal could go to America without SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 71.
... patience prove fruitless to your interests . For my part , I should choose ( if I could have my wish ) that the proposition of the honorable gentle- * man for the repeal could go to America without SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 71.
Page 79
... interests , and that , by limiting the exercise , it fixes on the firmest foundations a real , consistent , well - grounded authority in Parlia- ment . Until you come back to that system , there will be no peace for England . ― - * Mr ...
... interests , and that , by limiting the exercise , it fixes on the firmest foundations a real , consistent , well - grounded authority in Parlia- ment . Until you come back to that system , there will be no peace for England . ― - * Mr ...
Page 86
... interest of Great Britain , must totter on its base by the slightest mis- take with regard to our American measures . V Thus much , however , I think it not amiss to lay before you , that I am not , I hope , apt to take up or lay down ...
... interest of Great Britain , must totter on its base by the slightest mis- take with regard to our American measures . V Thus much , however , I think it not amiss to lay before you , that I am not , I hope , apt to take up or lay down ...
Page 91
... interest in it , but my full conviction , that induces me to tell you , I think there is not a shadow of doubt in the case . I do not imagine that you find me rash in declaring myself , or very forward in troubling you . From the ...
... interest in it , but my full conviction , that induces me to tell you , I think there is not a shadow of doubt in the case . I do not imagine that you find me rash in declaring myself , or very forward in troubling you . From the ...
Page 95
... interest to his own . But his unbiased opinion , his mature judgment , his enlightened conscience , he ought not to sacrifice to you , to any man , or to any set of men living . These he does not derive from your pleasure , -no , nor ...
... interest to his own . But his unbiased opinion , his mature judgment , his enlightened conscience , he ought not to sacrifice to you , to any man , or to any set of men living . These he does not derive from your pleasure , -no , nor ...
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