The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 54
Page 13
... repeal of taxes , it is of no consequence upon what ideas the repeal is grounded . Repeal this tax , too , upon commercial principles , if you please . These principles will serve as well now as they did formerly . But you know that ...
... repeal of taxes , it is of no consequence upon what ideas the repeal is grounded . Repeal this tax , too , upon commercial principles , if you please . These principles will serve as well now as they did formerly . But you know that ...
Page 14
... repeal , or had they been at all attended to , tea would have been the last article we should have left taxed for a subject of con- troversy . Sir , it is not a pleasant consideration , but nothing in the world can read so awful and so ...
... repeal , or had they been at all attended to , tea would have been the last article we should have left taxed for a subject of con- troversy . Sir , it is not a pleasant consideration , but nothing in the world can read so awful and so ...
Page 18
... repeal is not declaratory of a right , as some gentle- men seem to argue it : it is only a recital of the expedi ency of a certain exercise of a right supposed already to have been asserted ; an exercise you are now con- tending for by ...
... repeal is not declaratory of a right , as some gentle- men seem to argue it : it is only a recital of the expedi ency of a certain exercise of a right supposed already to have been asserted ; an exercise you are now con- tending for by ...
Page 19
... repeal the act , says the honorable gentleman , at this instant , when America is in open resistance to your authority , and that you have just revived your system of taxation ? He thinks he has driven us into a corner . But thus pent ...
... repeal the act , says the honorable gentleman , at this instant , when America is in open resistance to your authority , and that you have just revived your system of taxation ? He thinks he has driven us into a corner . But thus pent ...
Page 20
... repeal under this ministry could possibly take place . The honorable gentleman knows as well as I , that the idea was ut terly exploded by those who sway the House . This speech was made on the ninth day of May , 1769 . Five days after ...
... repeal under this ministry could possibly take place . The honorable gentleman knows as well as I , that the idea was ut terly exploded by those who sway the House . This speech was made on the ninth day of May , 1769 . Five days after ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuse Act of Navigation act of Parliament affairs America authority Benares bill British cause charter civil civil list colonies commerce Company's conduct consider Constitution corrupt court crown declared duty East India Company effect empire England eral establishment executive government faith favor gentlemen give grant hands honorable gentleman hope House of Commons House of Lords Hyder Ali interest Ireland justice king king's kingdom late lative liberty Lord North Mahratta Majesty Majesty's means measure member of Parliament ment ministers mode Nabob nation nature never noble lord object obliged opinion oppression Parlia Parliamentary peace pensions persons political polygars present prince principles privileges proceeding proper propose provinces purpose reason reform regulation repeal resolution revenue sort spirit Stamp Act sure taxes temper things thought tion trade treaty trust vote whilst whole wholly wish