The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 |
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Most men , especially great men , do not always know their well - wishers . I come
to rescue that no . up * Lord North , then Chancellor of the Exchequer . ble lord
out of the hands of those he calls 10 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
Most men , especially great men , do not always know their well - wishers . I come
to rescue that no . up * Lord North , then Chancellor of the Exchequer . ble lord
out of the hands of those he calls 10 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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ble lord out of the hands of those he calls his friends , and even out of his own . I
will do him the justice he is denied at home . He has not been this wicked or
imprudent man . He knew that a repeal had no tendency to produce the mischiefs
...
ble lord out of the hands of those he calls his friends , and even out of his own . I
will do him the justice he is denied at home . He has not been this wicked or
imprudent man . He knew that a repeal had no tendency to produce the mischiefs
...
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It is so said in the paper in my hand : * a paper which I If you * Lord Hillsborough's
Circular Letter to the Governors of the Coionies , concerning the repeal of some
of the duties laid in the Act of 1767 constantly carry about ; which I have often ...
It is so said in the paper in my hand : * a paper which I If you * Lord Hillsborough's
Circular Letter to the Governors of the Coionies , concerning the repeal of some
of the duties laid in the Act of 1767 constantly carry about ; which I have often ...
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Incredible as it may seem , you know that you have deliberately thrown away a
large duty , which you held secure and quiet in your hands , for the vain hope of
getting one three fourths less , through every hazard , through certain litigation ...
Incredible as it may seem , you know that you have deliberately thrown away a
large duty , which you held secure and quiet in your hands , for the vain hope of
getting one three fourths less , through every hazard , through certain litigation ...
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But instead of withholding the drawback , which might have been done , with
ease , without charge , without possibility of smuggling , and instead of applying
the money ( money already in your hands ) according to your pleasure , you
began ...
But instead of withholding the drawback , which might have been done , with
ease , without charge , without possibility of smuggling , and instead of applying
the money ( money already in your hands ) according to your pleasure , you
began ...
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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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