The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... least , give these fair principles a fair trial ; which , since the making of this act to this hour , they never have had . Sir , the honorable gentleman having spoken what he thought necessary upon the narrow part of the subject , I ...
... least , give these fair principles a fair trial ; which , since the making of this act to this hour , they never have had . Sir , the honorable gentleman having spoken what he thought necessary upon the narrow part of the subject , I ...
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... least four- fold . America had the compensation of your capital , which made her bear her servitude . She had another compensation , which you are now going to take away from her . She had , except the commercial restraint , every ...
... least four- fold . America had the compensation of your capital , which made her bear her servitude . She had another compensation , which you are now going to take away from her . She had , except the commercial restraint , every ...
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... least equally , carried to the total circuit of our affairs . He generally considered his objects in lights that were rather too detached . Whether the business of an American revenue was imposed upon him altogether , —whether it was ...
... least equally , carried to the total circuit of our affairs . He generally considered his objects in lights that were rather too detached . Whether the business of an American revenue was imposed upon him altogether , —whether it was ...
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... least hope of such grants . His own favorite governor was of opinion that the Americans were not then taxable objects . " Nor was the time less favorable to the equity of such a taxation . I don't mean to dispute the reason- ableness of ...
... least hope of such grants . His own favorite governor was of opinion that the Americans were not then taxable objects . " Nor was the time less favorable to the equity of such a taxation . I don't mean to dispute the reason- ableness of ...
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... least regular knowledge of the objections which were made to it . But to give that House its due , it was not over - desirous to receive information or to hear remonstrance . On the 15th of February , 1765 , whilst the Stamp Act was ...
... least regular knowledge of the objections which were made to it . But to give that House its due , it was not over - desirous to receive information or to hear remonstrance . On the 15th of February , 1765 , whilst the Stamp Act was ...
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