Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... 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 of Parliament . The duties were port duties , like those they ...
... 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 of Parliament . The duties were port duties , like those they ...
Pagina 82
... true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us . Because after all our struggle , whether we will or not , we must govern America according to that nature and to those circum- stances , and not ...
... true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us . Because after all our struggle , whether we will or not , we must govern America according to that nature and to those circum- stances , and not ...
Pagina 137
... true in Ireland ? Has it not hitherto been true in the colonies ? Why should you presume that in any country a body duly constituted for any function will neglect to perform its duty and abdicate its trust ? Such a presumption would ...
... true in Ireland ? Has it not hitherto been true in the colonies ? Why should you presume that in any country a body duly constituted for any function will neglect to perform its duty and abdicate its trust ? Such a presumption would ...
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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