Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... House of Commons , and though almost continuously in opposition , exercised a powerful influence upon the political life of his time . During this period four great controversies of lasting interest chiefly absorbed his energies the ...
... House of Commons , and though almost continuously in opposition , exercised a powerful influence upon the political life of his time . During this period four great controversies of lasting interest chiefly absorbed his energies the ...
Pagina viii
... House of Commons in 1765 , American affairs were already at a critical stage . A long train of events had been leading on to the final catastrophe . Laws for the regulation and restraint of colonial trade had been in existence for more ...
... House of Commons in 1765 , American affairs were already at a critical stage . A long train of events had been leading on to the final catastrophe . Laws for the regulation and restraint of colonial trade had been in existence for more ...
Pagina xi
... House of Commons and the country , was to be sought in a recognition of the fact that the Americans would have " no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are not oppressed by the weight of it . " ' My hold ...
... House of Commons and the country , was to be sought in a recognition of the fact that the Americans would have " no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are not oppressed by the weight of it . " ' My hold ...
Pagina 1
... House will , upon this day sevennight , resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take into con- sideration the duty of 3d . per pound weight upon tea , payable in all his Majesty's dominions in America , imposed by the ...
... House will , upon this day sevennight , resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take into con- sideration the duty of 3d . per pound weight upon tea , payable in all his Majesty's dominions in America , imposed by the ...
Pagina 2
... House , and to agree with the honourable gentleman on all the American questions . My sentiments , I am sure , are well known to him , and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his . Though I find myself mistaken , he will ...
... House , and to agree with the honourable gentleman on all the American questions . My sentiments , I am sure , are well known to him , and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with his . Though I find myself mistaken , he will ...
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