Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 131
... importance of a great empire too dear to pay for it all essential rights and all the intrinsic dignity of human nature . None of us who would not risk his life rather than fall under a government purely arbitrary . But although there ...
... importance of a great empire too dear to pay for it all essential rights and all the intrinsic dignity of human nature . None of us who would not risk his life rather than fall under a government purely arbitrary . But although there ...
Pagina 150
... importance of the city of London , by separating the sound from the rotten contract - hunting part of the mercantile interest , uniting it with the corporation , and joining both to your lordship . There are now some facilities ...
... importance of the city of London , by separating the sound from the rotten contract - hunting part of the mercantile interest , uniting it with the corporation , and joining both to your lordship . There are now some facilities ...
Pagina 251
... importance . It will be just enough to hint , what I dare say many readers have before observed , that when any man pro- poses new taxes in a country with which he is not person- ally conversant by residence or office , he ought to lay ...
... importance . It will be just enough to hint , what I dare say many readers have before observed , that when any man pro- poses new taxes in a country with which he is not person- ally conversant by residence or office , he ought to lay ...
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INTRODUCTION by Canon Peter McKevitt | 1 |
SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL BEFORE | 64 |
ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES | 76 |
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