On the American Revolution: Selected Speeches and LettersHarper & Row, 1966 - 220 Seiten |
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... taxes granted in order to be repealed - and the reasons of the grant still carefully kept up ! This is raising a revenue in America ! This is preserving dignity in England ! If you repeal this tax in compliance with the motion , I ...
... taxes granted in order to be repealed - and the reasons of the grant still carefully kept up ! This is raising a revenue in America ! This is preserving dignity in England ! If you repeal this tax in compliance with the motion , I ...
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... taxes on your manufactures sent out to America and not the taxes on the manufactures exported to the Isle of Man ? The principle was exactly the same , the objects charged infinitely more extensive , the duties without comparison higher ...
... taxes on your manufactures sent out to America and not the taxes on the manufactures exported to the Isle of Man ? The principle was exactly the same , the objects charged infinitely more extensive , the duties without comparison higher ...
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... taxes on them an admission that taxes would touch and grieve them ? Is not the resolution of the noble lord in the blue riband , now stand- ing on your journals , the strongest of all proofs that parliamen- tary subsidies really touched ...
... taxes on them an admission that taxes would touch and grieve them ? Is not the resolution of the noble lord in the blue riband , now stand- ing on your journals , the strongest of all proofs that parliamen- tary subsidies really touched ...
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April 19 1769 | 5 |
EXCERPT FROM A SPEECH | 22 |
SECOND SPEECH | 122 |
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Act of Navigation Act of Parliament affairs America American Revolution ancient army assemblies authority Britain British Burke Burke's cause civil colonies colonists commercial concession conduct consequence consider constitution court crown Declaratory Act declared dignity duties edited Edmund Burke effect empire England English F. M. CORNFORD favour force freedom friends gentlemen give governor grant honourable gentleman idea Illus J. H. HEXTER JACQUES BARZUN king king's kingdom laws legislative letter liberty Lord Hillsborough Lord North Majesty Majesty's means measure ment minds ministers Ministry mischief misprisions of treason mode nation nature never noble lord obedience object opinion Parlia parliamentary peace political preamble present principles privileges proposed provinces quarrel reason rebellion reconcile regard repeal resolution revenue Rockingham scheme speech spirit Stamp Act taxation taxes things thought tion trade treaty true trust whilst whole William Dowdeswell