The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... regard to our American measures . Thus much , however , I think it not amiss to lay before you ; That I am not , I hope , apt to take up or lay down my opinions lightly . I have held , and and ever shall maintain , to the best of my 6 ...
... regard to our American measures . Thus much , however , I think it not amiss to lay before you ; That I am not , I hope , apt to take up or lay down my opinions lightly . I have held , and and ever shall maintain , to the best of my 6 ...
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... regard to the nature of the object is -- the number of people in the colonies . I have taken for some years a good deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of ...
... regard to the nature of the object is -- the number of people in the colonies . I have taken for some years a good deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of ...
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... regard to the high aristocratick spirit of Virginia and the southern colonies , it has been proposed , I know , to reduce it , by declaring a general enfranchisement of their slaves . This pro- ject has had its advocates and panegyrists ...
... regard to the high aristocratick spirit of Virginia and the southern colonies , it has been proposed , I know , to reduce it , by declaring a general enfranchisement of their slaves . This pro- ject has had its advocates and panegyrists ...
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... regard to this complaint . If you mean to please any people , you must give them the boon which they ask ; not what you may think better for them , but of a kind totally different . Such an act act may be a wise regulation , but it is ...
... regard to this complaint . If you mean to please any people , you must give them the boon which they ask ; not what you may think better for them , but of a kind totally different . Such an act act may be a wise regulation , but it is ...
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... regard to America . By another act , where one of the parties was an Englishman , they ordained , that his trial should be always by English . They made acts to restrain trade , as you do ; and they prevented the Welsh from the use of ...
... regard to America . By another act , where one of the parties was an Englishman , they ordained , that his trial should be always by English . They made acts to restrain trade , as you do ; and they prevented the Welsh from the use of ...
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