The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 46
... mind , that I know he would have issued , on the same critical occasion , the very same orders , if the acts of trade had been , as they were not , directly against him , and would have cheerfully sub- mitted to the equity of Parliament ...
... mind , that I know he would have issued , on the same critical occasion , the very same orders , if the acts of trade had been , as they were not , directly against him , and would have cheerfully sub- mitted to the equity of Parliament ...
Page 48
... minds . To repeal by a denial of our right to tax in the pre- amble ( and this , too , did not want advisers ) would have cut , in the heroic style , the Gordian knot with a sword . Either measure would have cost no more than a day's ...
... minds . To repeal by a denial of our right to tax in the pre- amble ( and this , too , did not want advisers ) would have cut , in the heroic style , the Gordian knot with a sword . Either measure would have cost no more than a day's ...
Page 63
... minds of his friends , and instantly they * Supposed to allude to the Right Honorable Lord North , and George Cooke , Esq . , who were made joint paymasters in the summer of 1766 , on the removal of the Rockingham administration ...
... minds of his friends , and instantly they * Supposed to allude to the Right Honorable Lord North , and George Cooke , Esq . , who were made joint paymasters in the summer of 1766 , on the removal of the Rockingham administration ...
Page 66
... minds were changed . In short , the Stamp Act began to be no favorite in this House . He therefore attended at the private meet- ing in which the resolutions moved by a right honor- able gentleman were settled : resolutions leading to ...
... minds were changed . In short , the Stamp Act began to be no favorite in this House . He therefore attended at the private meet- ing in which the resolutions moved by a right honor- able gentleman were settled : resolutions leading to ...
Page 88
... mind and body admitted . When I was invited by many respectable mer- chants , freeholders , and freemen of this city to offer them my services , I had just received the honor of an election at another place , at a very great distance ...
... mind and body admitted . When I was invited by many respectable mer- chants , freeholders , and freemen of this city to offer them my services , I had just received the honor of an election at another place , at a very great distance ...
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