The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 58
... wish the colonists to be persuaded , that their liberty is more secure when held in trust for them by us ( as their ( as their guar- dians during a perpetual minority ) than with any part of it in their own hands . The question is , not ...
... wish the colonists to be persuaded , that their liberty is more secure when held in trust for them by us ( as their ( as their guar- dians during a perpetual minority ) than with any part of it in their own hands . The question is , not ...
Page 68
... wishes of very grave and solemn politicians . 66 If then , Sir , it seems almost desperate to think of any alterative course , for changing the moral causes ( and not quite easy to remove the natural ) which produce prejudices ...
... wishes of very grave and solemn politicians . 66 If then , Sir , it seems almost desperate to think of any alterative course , for changing the moral causes ( and not quite easy to remove the natural ) which produce prejudices ...
Page 91
... wish , let us not refuse it altogether . If we cannot give the principal , let us find a substitute . But how ? Where ? What substitute ? Fortunately I am not obliged for the ways and means of this substitute to tax my own unpro ...
... wish , let us not refuse it altogether . If we cannot give the principal , let us find a substitute . But how ? Where ? What substitute ? Fortunately I am not obliged for the ways and means of this substitute to tax my own unpro ...
Page 92
... wish you to recognize , for the theory , the ancient constitutional policy of this kingdom with regard to representation , as that policy has been declared in acts of parliament ; and , as to the practice , to return to that mode which ...
... wish you to recognize , for the theory , the ancient constitutional policy of this kingdom with regard to representation , as that policy has been declared in acts of parliament ; and , as to the practice , to return to that mode which ...
Page 105
... wish , Sir , to repeal the Boston Port Bill , be- cause ( independently of the dangerous precedent of suspending the rights of the subject during the king's pleasure ) it was passed , as I apprehend , with less regularity , and on more ...
... wish , Sir , to repeal the Boston Port Bill , be- cause ( independently of the dangerous precedent of suspending the rights of the subject during the king's pleasure ) it was passed , as I apprehend , with less regularity , and on more ...
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