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Sir , it has been said in the debate , that , when the first American revenue act (
the act in 1764 , imposing the port - duties ) passed , the Americans did not object
to the principle . It is true they touched it but very tenderly . It was not a direct ...
Sir , it has been said in the debate , that , when the first American revenue act (
the act in 1764 , imposing the port - duties ) passed , the Americans did not object
to the principle . It is true they touched it but very tenderly . It was not a direct ...
Page 43
Mr. Grenville well knew that the colony agents could have no general powers to
consent to it ; and they had no time to consult their assemblies for particular
powers , before he passed his first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will
find it ...
Mr. Grenville well knew that the colony agents could have no general powers to
consent to it ; and they had no time to consult their assemblies for particular
powers , before he passed his first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will
find it ...
Page 46
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 - General ,
on the point of law . When he knew that formally and officially which in substance
he ...
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 - General ,
on the point of law . When he knew that formally and officially which in substance
he ...
Page 52
I stood near him ; and his face , to use the expression of the Scripture of the first
martyr , “ his face was as if it had been the face of an angel . ” . I do not know how
others feel ; but if I had stood in that sit* General Conway . uation , I never would ...
I stood near him ; and his face , to use the expression of the Scripture of the first
martyr , “ his face was as if it had been the face of an angel . ” . I do not know how
others feel ; but if I had stood in that sit* General Conway . uation , I never would ...
Page 64
As if it were to insult as well as to betray him , even long before the close of the
first session of his administration , when everything was publicly transacted , and
with great parade , in his name , they made an act declaring it highly just and ...
As if it were to insult as well as to betray him , even long before the close of the
first session of his administration , when everything was publicly transacted , and
with great parade , in his name , they made an act declaring it highly just and ...
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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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