The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 42
... first American revenue act ( the act in 1764 , impos- ing 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 attack . They were , it is true ...
... first American revenue act ( the act in 1764 , impos- ing 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 attack . They were , it is true ...
Page 43
... first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will find it impossible . Burdened as the agents knew the colonies were at that time , they could not give the least hope of such grants . His own favorite governor was of opinion that the ...
... first revenue act . If you compare dates , you will find it impossible . Burdened as the agents knew the colonies were at that time , they could not give the least hope of such grants . His own favorite governor was of opinion that the ...
Page 60
... , we shall embrace the first convenient opportunity to consider and act upon . " They did consider ; they did act upon it . They obeyed the requisition . I know the mode has been chicaned 60 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... , we shall embrace the first convenient opportunity to consider and act upon . " They did consider ; they did act upon it . They obeyed the requisition . I know the mode has been chicaned 60 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
Page 76
... a competent sovereign power . But then this ought to be no ordinary power , nor ever used in the first instance . This is what I meant , when I have - - - - · said , at various times , that I consider the 76 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... a competent sovereign power . But then this ought to be no ordinary power , nor ever used in the first instance . This is what I meant , when I have - - - - · said , at various times , that I consider the 76 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
Page 84
... first speech , ac- quainted his constituents with the honorable offer that was made him , and , with their consent , he im- mediately set off for Bristol , on the Tuesday , at six in the evening ; he arrived at Bristol at half past two ...
... first speech , ac- quainted his constituents with the honorable offer that was made him , and , with their consent , he im- mediately set off for Bristol , on the Tuesday , at six in the evening ; he arrived at Bristol at half past two ...
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