Two Speeches on Conciliation with America: And Two Letters on Irish QuestionsRoutledge, 1892 - 284 Seiten |
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... means , argued Burke , your right to tax the colonies directly for imperial revenue . If you take care never to exercise the right , it will be undisputed . Be taught by the experience that shows the peril of enforcing such a right ...
... means , argued Burke , your right to tax the colonies directly for imperial revenue . If you take care never to exercise the right , it will be undisputed . Be taught by the experience that shows the peril of enforcing such a right ...
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... mean the present Ministry— thought it expedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the ...
... mean the present Ministry— thought it expedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the ...
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... means of giving the profits of the trade of your colonies to every nation but yourselves . Never did . Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principles does it stand ...
... means of giving the profits of the trade of your colonies to every nation but yourselves . Never did . Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principles does it stand ...
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... means which you confess , though they were obeyed , to be utterly insufficient for their purpose . You are therefore at this moment in the awkward situation of fighting for a phantom , a quiddity , a thing that wants , not only a ...
... means which you confess , though they were obeyed , to be utterly insufficient for their purpose . You are therefore at this moment in the awkward situation of fighting for a phantom , a quiddity , a thing that wants , not only a ...
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... means of attaining some useful end ; and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from the perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I could discern . The honourable gentleman has said well ...
... means of attaining some useful end ; and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from the perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I could discern . The honourable gentleman has said well ...
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Two Speeches on Conciliation with America and Two Letters on Irish Questions ... Edmund Burke Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2008 |
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Act of Navigation Act of Parliament advantage America American revenue assemblies authority Britain British British empire burthen Catholics cause Church of England circumstances civil colonies colonists commerce common concession conduct consider consideration Constitution Court Crown declared duties effect empire English established experience export favour franchises freedom friends fundamental give grant ground honourable gentleman House ideas interest Ireland Irish king kingdom LAURENCE STERNE laws letter liberty Lord Chatham Lord Hillsborough Lord Rockingham Majesty means measure ment Ministry mode nation nature Navigation Act never noble lord object opinion parliamentary peace persons political preamble present principles privileges proper proposed proposition Protestant Dissenters Protestant reformed provinces question reason regard religion repeal Revolution Roman Catholics scheme seditious session slavery sort spirit Stamp Act suppose sure taxation taxes temper things thought tion trade true vote whilst whole wish