The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 44
... proceeding , that , if the stamp - duty was disliked , he was willing to exchange it for any other equally productive , but that , if he objected to the Ameri- cans being taxed by Parliament , he might save him- self the trouble of the ...
... proceeding , that , if the stamp - duty was disliked , he was willing to exchange it for any other equally productive , but that , if he objected to the Ameri- cans being taxed by Parliament , he might save him- self the trouble of the ...
Page 60
... proceedings even under circumstances of no small irritation . For , a little imprudently , I must say , Governor Bernard mixed in the administration of the lenitive of the repeal no small acrimony arising from matters of a sepa- rate ...
... proceedings even under circumstances of no small irritation . For , a little imprudently , I must say , Governor Bernard mixed in the administration of the lenitive of the repeal no small acrimony arising from matters of a sepa- rate ...
Page 91
... proceeding . But here the face of things is altered . Here is an attempt for a general massa- cre of suffrages , -an attempt , by a promiscuous car- nage of friends and foes , to exterminate above two thousand votes , including seven ...
... proceeding . But here the face of things is altered . Here is an attempt for a general massa- cre of suffrages , -an attempt , by a promiscuous car- nage of friends and foes , to exterminate above two thousand votes , including seven ...
Page 92
... proceeding that will recommend them to the favor of their fellow - citizens . But I confess I should look rather awkward , if I had been the very first to produce the new copies of freedom , if I had persisted in producing them to the ...
... proceeding that will recommend them to the favor of their fellow - citizens . But I confess I should look rather awkward , if I had been the very first to produce the new copies of freedom , if I had persisted in producing them to the ...
Page 108
... proceeding is large enough for my purpose . The means proposed by the noble lord for carrying his ideas into execution , I think , indeed , are very indifferently suited to the end ; and this Í shall endeavor to show you before I sit ...
... proceeding is large enough for my purpose . The means proposed by the noble lord for carrying his ideas into execution , I think , indeed , are very indifferently suited to the end ; and this Í shall endeavor to show you before I sit ...
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