The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 27
... stands just before in the stat- ute - book . The American revenue act is the forty- fifth chapter ; the other to which I refer is the forty- fourth of the same session . These two acts are both to the same purpose : both revenue acts ...
... stands just before in the stat- ute - book . The American revenue act is the forty- fifth chapter ; the other to which I refer is the forty- fourth of the same session . These two acts are both to the same purpose : both revenue acts ...
Page 28
... standing all his childish pretexts , because the taxes were quietly submitted to in the Isle of Man , and because they raised a flame in America . Your rea- sons were political , not commercial . The repeal was made , as Lord ...
... standing all his childish pretexts , because the taxes were quietly submitted to in the Isle of Man , and because they raised a flame in America . Your rea- sons were political , not commercial . The repeal was made , as Lord ...
Page 36
... standing armed force , would not have entered with much alacrity into the vote for so large and so expen- sive an army , if they had been very sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to ...
... standing armed force , would not have entered with much alacrity into the vote for so large and so expen- sive an army , if they had been very sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to ...
Page 39
... stand as a fundamental maxim , that no vulgar precaution ought to be employed in the cure of evils which are closely connected with the cause of our prosperity . Perhaps this great person turned his eyes somewhat less than was just ...
... stand as a fundamental maxim , that no vulgar precaution ought to be employed in the cure of evils which are closely connected with the cause of our prosperity . Perhaps this great person turned his eyes somewhat less than was just ...
Page 45
... stands upon no authority of mine . It is proved by uncontroverti- ble records . The honorable gentleman has desired some of us to lay our hands upon our hearts and an- swer to his queries upon the historical part of this con- sideration ...
... stands upon no authority of mine . It is proved by uncontroverti- ble records . The honorable gentleman has desired some of us to lay our hands upon our hearts and an- swer to his queries upon the historical part of this con- sideration ...
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