The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 41
... passed , and when they gave notice of the Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of their ideas of American taxation . Great was the applause of this measure here . In England we cried out for new taxes on America , whilst ...
... passed , and when they gave notice of the Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of their ideas of American taxation . Great was the applause of this measure here . In England we cried out for new taxes on America , whilst ...
Page 42
... passed , the Americans did not object to the principle . It is true they touched it but very tenderly . It was not a direct attack . They were , it is true , as yet novices , as yet unaccus- tomed to direct attacks upon any of the ...
... passed , the Americans did not object to the principle . It is true they touched it but very tenderly . It was not a direct attack . They were , it is true , as yet novices , as yet unaccus- tomed to direct attacks upon any of the ...
Page 43
... passed his first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will find it impossible . Burdened as the agents knew the colonies were at that time , they could not give the least hope of such grants . His own favorite governor was of ...
... passed his first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will find it impossible . Burdened as the agents knew the colonies were at that time , they could not give the least hope of such grants . His own favorite governor was of ...
Page 44
... passing the Stamp Act into a law he told a considerable and most respectable merchant , a member of this House , whom I am truly sorry I do not now see in his place , when he represented against this proceeding , that , if the stamp ...
... passing the Stamp Act into a law he told a considerable and most respectable merchant , a member of this House , whom I am truly sorry I do not now see in his place , when he represented against this proceeding , that , if the stamp ...
Page 50
... passed the Declara tory Act . It is now given out , for the usual purposes , by the usual emissaries , that Lord Rockingham did not con- sent to the repeal of this act until he was bullied into it by Lord Chatham ; and the reporters ...
... passed the Declara tory Act . It is now given out , for the usual purposes , by the usual emissaries , that Lord Rockingham did not con- sent to the repeal of this act until he was bullied into it by Lord Chatham ; and the reporters ...
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