The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 77
Edmund Burke. said , at various times , that I consider the power of taxing in Parliament as an instrument of empire , and not as a means of supply . Such , Sir , is my idea of the Constitution of the British Empire , as distinguished ...
Edmund Burke. said , at various times , that I consider the power of taxing in Parliament as an instrument of empire , and not as a means of supply . Such , Sir , is my idea of the Constitution of the British Empire , as distinguished ...
Page 85
... consider , and very little to presume . We seem to be approaching to a great crisis in our affairs , which calls for the whole wisdom of the wisest among us , without being able to assure ourselves that any wisdom can preserve us from ...
... consider , and very little to presume . We seem to be approaching to a great crisis in our affairs , which calls for the whole wisdom of the wisest among us , without being able to assure ourselves that any wisdom can preserve us from ...
Page 94
... consider fidelity to engagements and constancy in friendships but with the highest approbation , even when those noble qualities are employed against my own pretensions . The gentleman who is not so for- tunate as I have been in this ...
... consider fidelity to engagements and constancy in friendships but with the highest approbation , even when those noble qualities are employed against my own pretensions . The gentleman who is not so for- tunate as I have been in this ...
Page 96
... consider . But authoritative instructions , mandates issued , which the member is bound blindly and im- plicitly to obey , to vote , and to argue for , though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience , these ...
... consider . But authoritative instructions , mandates issued , which the member is bound blindly and im- plicitly to obey , to vote , and to argue for , though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience , these ...
Page 109
... consider distinct- ly the true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us : because , after all our struggle , whether we will or not , we must gov- ern America according to that nature and to those ...
... consider distinct- ly the true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us : because , after all our struggle , whether we will or not , we must gov- ern America according to that nature and to those ...
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