Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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... matter as well as they can together ; for if the repeal of American taxes destroys all our government in America - He is the man ! -and he is the worst of all the repealers , because he is the last . But I hear it rung continually in my ...
... matter as well as they can together ; for if the repeal of American taxes destroys all our government in America - He is the man ! -and he is the worst of all the repealers , because he is the last . But I hear it rung continually in my ...
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... matter skilfully and powerfully . He particu- larly excelled in a most luminous explanation and display of his subject . His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar nor subtle and abstruse . He hit the House just between wind and ...
... matter skilfully and powerfully . He particu- larly excelled in a most luminous explanation and display of his subject . His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar nor subtle and abstruse . He hit the House just between wind and ...
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... matter of right , or grant as matter of favour , is to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the constitution ; and , by recording that admission in the journals of Parliament , to give them as strong an assur- ance as ...
... matter of right , or grant as matter of favour , is to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the constitution ; and , by recording that admission in the journals of Parliament , to give them as strong an assur- ance as ...
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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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