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Page 27
The two acts perfectly agree in all respects , except one . In the act for taxing the
Isle of Man the noble lord will find , not , as in the American act , four or five
articles , but almost the whole body of British manufactures , taxed from two and a
half ...
The two acts perfectly agree in all respects , except one . In the act for taxing the
Isle of Man the noble lord will find , not , as in the American act , four or five
articles , but almost the whole body of British manufactures , taxed from two and a
half ...
Page 39
The policy of that act is , I readily admit , in many respects well understood . But I
do say , that , if the act be suffered to run the full length of its principle , and is not
changed and modified according to the change of times and the fluctuation of ...
The policy of that act is , I readily admit , in many respects well understood . But I
do say , that , if the act be suffered to run the full length of its principle , and is not
changed and modified according to the change of times and the fluctuation of ...
Page 68
He had observed ( indeed , it could not escape him ) that seyeral persons ,
infinitely his inferiors in all respects , had formerly rendered themselves
considerable in this House by one method alone . They were a race of men ( I
hope in God the ...
He had observed ( indeed , it could not escape him ) that seyeral persons ,
infinitely his inferiors in all respects , had formerly rendered themselves
considerable in this House by one method alone . They were a race of men ( I
hope in God the ...
Page 94
The gentleman who is not so fortunate as I have been in this contest enjoys , in
this respect , a consolation full of honor both to himself and to his friends . They
have certainly left nothing undone for his service . As for the trifling petulance
which ...
The gentleman who is not so fortunate as I have been in this contest enjoys , in
this respect , a consolation full of honor both to himself and to his friends . They
have certainly left nothing undone for his service . As for the trifling petulance
which ...
Page 95
Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect ;
their business unremitted attention . It is his duty to sacrifice his repose , his
pleasure , his satisfactions , to theirs , — and above all , ever , and in all cases , to
prefer ...
Their wishes ought to have great weight with him ; their opinions high respect ;
their business unremitted attention . It is his duty to sacrifice his repose , his
pleasure , his satisfactions , to theirs , — and above all , ever , and in all cases , to
prefer ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2013 |
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