The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... repeal is prom- ised , promised without condition , - and while your authority was actually resisted . I pass by the public promise of a peer relative to the repeal of taxes by this House . I pass by the use of the king's name in a ...
... repeal is prom- ised , promised without condition , - and while your authority was actually resisted . I pass by the public promise of a peer relative to the repeal of taxes by this House . I pass by the use of the king's name in a ...
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... repeal . We were unworthy to be let into the secret of our own conduct . The assemblies had confidential com ... repealed these taxes , then your strong operations would have come * Lord North . justified and enforced , in case your ...
... repeal . We were unworthy to be let into the secret of our own conduct . The assemblies had confidential com ... repealed these taxes , then your strong operations would have come * Lord North . justified and enforced , in case your ...
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... repeal to the obstinate Americans which they had refused in an easy , good - natured , complying British Parliament . The assemblies , which had been publicly and avow- edly dissolved for their contumacy , are called together to receive ...
... repeal to the obstinate Americans which they had refused in an easy , good - natured , complying British Parliament . The assemblies , which had been publicly and avow- edly dissolved for their contumacy , are called together to receive ...
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... repeal of the five duties , why does Lord Hillsborough , in disclaiming in the name of the king and ministry their ever having had an intent to tax for revenue , mention it as the means " of reëstab- lishing the confidence and affection ...
... repeal of the five duties , why does Lord Hillsborough , in disclaiming in the name of the king and ministry their ever having had an intent to tax for revenue , mention it as the means " of reëstab- lishing the confidence and affection ...
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... repealing , - as being taxes , contrary to all the principles of commerce , laid on British manufactures . I dare say the noble lord is perfectly well read , because the duty of his particular office requires he should be so , in all ...
... repealing , - as being taxes , contrary to all the principles of commerce , laid on British manufactures . I dare say the noble lord is perfectly well read , because the duty of his particular office requires he should be so , in all ...
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