The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. additional strictness , and the execution put into mili- tary hands . - This act , Sir , had for the first time the title of " granting duties in the colonies and plantations of America , " and for the first time it was ...
Edmund Burke. additional strictness , and the execution put into mili- tary hands . - This act , Sir , had for the first time the title of " granting duties in the colonies and plantations of America , " and for the first time it was ...
Page 45
... hands upon our hearts and an- swer to his queries upon the historical part of this con- sideration , and by his manner ( as well as my eyes could discern it ) he seemed to address himself to me . - Sir , I will answer him as clearly as ...
... hands upon our hearts and an- swer to his queries upon the historical part of this con- sideration , and by his manner ( as well as my eyes could discern it ) he seemed to address himself to me . - Sir , I will answer him as clearly as ...
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... hand to my heart and say whether the ministry had resolved on the repeal till a considerable time after the meeting of Parlia- ment . Though I do not very well know what the honorable gentleman wishes to infer from the admis- sion or ...
... hand to my heart and say whether the ministry had resolved on the repeal till a considerable time after the meeting of Parlia- ment . Though I do not very well know what the honorable gentleman wishes to infer from the admis- sion or ...
Page 58
... having strength enough in her hands to enforce obedience to the laws of the community . The private distress , which every soever . - - man feels , increases the general dissatisfaction at the duties 58 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... having strength enough in her hands to enforce obedience to the laws of the community . The private distress , which every soever . - - man feels , increases the general dissatisfaction at the duties 58 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... hands of Lord Chat- ham , a great and celebrated name , a name that keeps the name of this country respectable in every other on the globe . It may be truly called Clarum et venerabile nomen - Gentibus , et multum nostrę quod proderat ...
... hands of Lord Chat- ham , a great and celebrated name , a name that keeps the name of this country respectable in every other on the globe . It may be truly called Clarum et venerabile nomen - Gentibus , et multum nostrę quod proderat ...
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