The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 35
... things , seemed to have been adopted . I saw , or thought I saw , several symptoms of a great change , whilst I sat in your gallery , a good while before I had the honor of a seat in this House . At SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 35.
... things , seemed to have been adopted . I saw , or thought I saw , several symptoms of a great change , whilst I sat in your gallery , a good while before I had the honor of a seat in this House . At SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 35.
Page 37
... things as some way related to the business that was to be done within it . If he was ambitious , I will say this for him , his ambi- tion was of a noble and generous strain . It was to raise himself , not by the low , pimping politics ...
... things as some way related to the business that was to be done within it . If he was ambitious , I will say this for him , his ambi- tion was of a noble and generous strain . It was to raise himself , not by the low , pimping politics ...
Page 38
... things go on in their common order ; but when the high - roads are broken up , and the wa- ters out , when a new and troubled scene is opened , and the file affords no precedent , then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind , and a ...
... things go on in their common order ; but when the high - roads are broken up , and the wa- ters out , when a new and troubled scene is opened , and the file affords no precedent , then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind , and a ...
Page 55
... - sents the state of things : " It is difficult to say , from the highest to the lowest , who has not been accessory to this insurrection , either by writing , or mutual agreements to oppose the act SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 55.
... - sents the state of things : " It is difficult to say , from the highest to the lowest , who has not been accessory to this insurrection , either by writing , or mutual agreements to oppose the act SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 55.
Page 66
... Things and the disposition of men's minds were changed . In short , the Stamp Act began to be no favorite in this House . He therefore attended at the private meet- ing in which the resolutions moved by a right honor- able gentleman ...
... Things and the disposition of men's minds were changed . In short , the Stamp Act began to be no favorite in this House . He therefore attended at the private meet- ing in which the resolutions moved by a right honor- able gentleman ...
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