The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... tion . Whether you were right or wrong in establishing the colonies on the principles of commercial monop- oly , rather than on that of revenue , is at this day a problem of mere speculation . You cannot have both by the same authority ...
... tion . Whether you were right or wrong in establishing the colonies on the principles of commercial monop- oly , rather than on that of revenue , is at this day a problem of mere speculation . You cannot have both by the same authority ...
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... tion was of a noble and generous strain . It was to raise himself , not by the low , pimping politics of a court , but to win his way to power through the labo- rious gradations of public service , and to secure him- self a well ...
... tion was of a noble and generous strain . It was to raise himself , not by the low , pimping politics of a court , but to win his way to power through the labo- rious gradations of public service , and to secure him- self a well ...
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... tion and all the corps of trade - laws were drawn up in array against it . The first step the noble lord took was , to have the opinion of his excellent , learned , and ever - lamented friend , the late Mr. Yorke , then Attorney ...
... tion and all the corps of trade - laws were drawn up in array against it . The first step the noble lord took was , to have the opinion of his excellent , learned , and ever - lamented friend , the late Mr. Yorke , then Attorney ...
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... tion to every part of the British dominions . The option , both of the measure and of the principle of repeal , was made before the session ; and I wonder how any one can read the king's speech at the opening of that session , without ...
... tion to every part of the British dominions . The option , both of the measure and of the principle of repeal , was made before the session ; and I wonder how any one can read the king's speech at the opening of that session , without ...
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... tion . The household troops openly revolted . The allies of ministry ( those , I mean , who supported some of their measures , but refused responsibility for any ) endeavored to undermine their credit , and to take ground that must be ...
... tion . The household troops openly revolted . The allies of ministry ( those , I mean , who supported some of their measures , but refused responsibility for any ) endeavored to undermine their credit , and to take ground that must be ...
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