Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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... crown to make no further grants of land . But to this scheme there are two objections . The first , that there is already so much unsettled land in private hands as to afford room for an immense future population , although the crown ...
... crown to make no further grants of land . But to this scheme there are two objections . The first , that there is already so much unsettled land in private hands as to afford room for an immense future population , although the crown ...
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... crown have regularly for near a century passed the public offices without dispute . Those who have been pleased paradoxically to deny this right , holding that none but the British Parliament can grant to the crown , are wished to look ...
... crown have regularly for near a century passed the public offices without dispute . Those who have been pleased paradoxically to deny this right , holding that none but the British Parliament can grant to the crown , are wished to look ...
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... crown on its own behalf , it communicated a sort of strength to the royal authority ; which was wanted for the conservation of a new object , but which could not be safely trusted to the crown alone . On the other hand , the colonies ...
... crown on its own behalf , it communicated a sort of strength to the royal authority ; which was wanted for the conservation of a new object , but which could not be safely trusted to the crown alone . On the other hand , the colonies ...
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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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