The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 29
... never answer this plain question , Why did you repeal the others given in the same act , whilst the very same violence subsisted ? the violence cease upon that concession . - No ! be- cause the concession was far short of satisfying the ...
... never answer this plain question , Why did you repeal the others given in the same act , whilst the very same violence subsisted ? the violence cease upon that concession . - No ! be- cause the concession was far short of satisfying the ...
Page 30
... never have had . Sir , the honorable gentleman having spoken what he thought necessary upon the narrow part of the subject , I have given him , I hope , a satisfactory an- swer . He next presses me , by a variety of direct challenges ...
... never have had . Sir , the honorable gentleman having spoken what he thought necessary upon the narrow part of the subject , I have given him , I hope , a satisfactory an- swer . He next presses me , by a variety of direct challenges ...
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... never once in contemplation . Accordingly , in all the number of laws passed with regard to the plantations , the words which distin- guish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditately avoided . I do not say , Sir ...
... never once in contemplation . Accordingly , in all the number of laws passed with regard to the plantations , the words which distin- guish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditately avoided . I do not say , Sir ...
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... never cast an eye on their flourishing commerce , and their cultivated and commodious life , but they seem to me rather ancient nations grown to perfection through a long series of fortunate events , and a train of success- ful industry ...
... never cast an eye on their flourishing commerce , and their cultivated and commodious life , but they seem to me rather ancient nations grown to perfection through a long series of fortunate events , and a train of success- ful industry ...
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... never denied the law , and never obeyed it . Just as it happens , whenever the laws of trade , whenever the laws of rev- enue , press hard upon the people in England : in that case all your shores are full of contraband . Your right to ...
... never denied the law , and never obeyed it . Just as it happens , whenever the laws of trade , whenever the laws of rev- enue , press hard upon the people in England : in that case all your shores are full of contraband . Your right to ...
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