The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... measure , was your case . The vent of ten millions of pounds of this commodity , now locked up by the operation of ... measures which you thought yourselves obliged to take in consequence of it . America would have furnished that vent ...
... measure , was your case . The vent of ten millions of pounds of this commodity , now locked up by the operation of ... measures which you thought yourselves obliged to take in consequence of it . America would have furnished that vent ...
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... measures as may tend to remove the prejudices which have been excit- ed by the misrepresentations of those who are enemies to the peace and prosperity of Great Britain and her colonies , and to reestablish that mutual confidence and ...
... measures as may tend to remove the prejudices which have been excit- ed by the misrepresentations of those who are enemies to the peace and prosperity of Great Britain and her colonies , and to reestablish that mutual confidence and ...
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... measures . " These sentiments of the minister and these measures of his Majesty can only relate to the principle and practice of taxing for a revenue ; and accordingly Lord Botetourt , stating it as such , did , with great propriety ...
... measures . " These sentiments of the minister and these measures of his Majesty can only relate to the principle and practice of taxing for a revenue ; and accordingly Lord Botetourt , stating it as such , did , with great propriety ...
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... measure with their consent ; and having a title directly purporting only a commercial regulation , and being in truth nothing more , the words were passed by , at a time when no jealousy was entertained , and things were little ...
... measure with their consent ; and having a title directly purporting only a commercial regulation , and being in truth nothing more , the words were passed by , at a time when no jealousy was entertained , and things were little ...
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... measure with the fair trade . It should stand as a fundamental maxim , that no vulgar precaution ought to be employed in the cure of evils which are closely connected with the cause of our prosperity . Perhaps this great person turned ...
... measure with the fair trade . It should stand as a fundamental maxim , that no vulgar precaution ought to be employed in the cure of evils which are closely connected with the cause of our prosperity . Perhaps this great person turned ...
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