Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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... Court in 1638 , and seven out of the twelve judges decided in favour of the king . One of the first Acts of the Long Parliament was to reverse this judg ment . expedient to raise a revenue in America ; your Act American Taxation I I.
... Court in 1638 , and seven out of the twelve judges decided in favour of the king . One of the first Acts of the Long Parliament was to reverse this judg ment . expedient to raise a revenue in America ; your Act American Taxation I I.
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... court , but to win his way to power through the laborious gradations of public service , and to secure to himself a well - earned rank in Parliament by a thorough knowledge of its con- stitution and a perfect practice in all its ...
... court , but to win his way to power through the laborious gradations of public service , and to secure to himself a well - earned rank in Parliament by a thorough knowledge of its con- stitution and a perfect practice in all its ...
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... courts of admiralty under various improper circumstances , with a sudden extinction of the paper currencies , with a compulsory provision for the quartering of soldiers - the people of America thought themselves proceeded against as ...
... courts of admiralty under various improper circumstances , with a sudden extinction of the paper currencies , with a compulsory provision for the quartering of soldiers - the people of America thought themselves proceeded against as ...
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... Courts , which tried smuggling cases without a jury , was strengthened and enlarged , warships were stationed off the American coast , and their officers were made to take the oaths and act as revenue officials , and a circular was ...
... Courts , which tried smuggling cases without a jury , was strengthened and enlarged , warships were stationed off the American coast , and their officers were made to take the oaths and act as revenue officials , and a circular was ...
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... court then was , a modification , would have satisfied a timid , unsys- tematic , procrastinating Ministry , as such a measure has since done such a Ministry . A modification is the constant resource of weak , undeciding minds . To ...
... court then was , a modification , would have satisfied a timid , unsys- tematic , procrastinating Ministry , as such a measure has since done such a Ministry . A modification is the constant resource of weak , undeciding minds . To ...
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