Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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... passed limiting the dividend which the company might pay to 10 per cent .; and the directors , terrified by the action of the Government , purchased temporary exemption from further interference by agreeing to contribute £ 400,000 to ...
... passed limiting the dividend which the company might pay to 10 per cent .; and the directors , terrified by the action of the Government , purchased temporary exemption from further interference by agreeing to contribute £ 400,000 to ...
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... passed with regard to the plantations , the words which distinguish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditatedly avoided . I do not say , Sir , that a form of words alters the nature of the law or abridges the power ...
... passed with regard to the plantations , the words which distinguish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditatedly avoided . I do not say , Sir , that a form of words alters the nature of the law or abridges the power ...
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... passed the Americans did not object to the prin- ciple . It is true they touched it but very tenderly . It was not a direct attack . They were , it is true , as yet novices , as yet unaccustomed to direct attacks upon any of the rights ...
... passed the Americans did not object to the prin- ciple . It is true they touched it but very tenderly . It was not a direct attack . They were , it is true , as yet novices , as yet unaccustomed to direct attacks upon any of the rights ...
Inhoudsopgave
INTRODUCTION by Canon Peter McKevitt | 1 |
SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL BEFORE | 64 |
ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES | 76 |
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