The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 89
... regard to the county palatine of Durham , which is my fourth example . This county had long lain out of the pale of free legislation . So scrupulously was the example of Chester followed , that the style of the preamble is nearly the ...
... regard to the county palatine of Durham , which is my fourth example . This county had long lain out of the pale of free legislation . So scrupulously was the example of Chester followed , that the style of the preamble is nearly the ...
Page 90
... regard to Ame- rica ? Are not the people of America as much Englishmen as the Welsh ? The preamble of the act of Henry VIII . says , the Welsh speak a language no way resembling that of his majesty's English subjects . Are the Americans ...
... regard to Ame- rica ? Are not the people of America as much Englishmen as the Welsh ? The preamble of the act of Henry VIII . says , the Welsh speak a language no way resembling that of his majesty's English subjects . Are the Americans ...
Page 92
... regard to representation , as that policy has been declared in acts of parliament ; and , as to the practice , to return to that mode which an uniform experience has marked out to you , as best ; and in which you walked with security ...
... regard to representation , as that policy has been declared in acts of parliament ; and , as to the practice , to return to that mode which an uniform experience has marked out to you , as best ; and in which you walked with security ...
Page 95
... regard to the counties of Chester and Durham . They will deny that the Americans were ever " touched and grieved " with the taxes . If they consider nothing in taxes but their weight as pe- cuniary impositions , there might be some ...
... regard to the counties of Chester and Durham . They will deny that the Americans were ever " touched and grieved " with the taxes . If they consider nothing in taxes but their weight as pe- cuniary impositions , there might be some ...
Page 123
... regard to her own internal establishments ; she may , I doubt not she will , contribute in moderation . I say in moderation ; for she ought not to be permitted to exhaust herself . She ought to be reserved to a war ; the weight of which ...
... regard to her own internal establishments ; she may , I doubt not she will , contribute in moderation . I say in moderation ; for she ought not to be permitted to exhaust herself . She ought to be reserved to a war ; the weight of which ...
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