Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 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 113
... true cause why Ireland was five hundred years in subduing ; and after the vain projects of a military government , at- tempted in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , it was soon discovered that nothing could make that country English in ...
... true cause why Ireland was five hundred years in subduing ; and after the vain projects of a military government , at- tempted in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , it was soon discovered that nothing could make that country English in ...
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... 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 go ...
... 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 go ...
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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