Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... importance , the right to bind them by Acts of the British legislature was more and more frequently asserted . Not only did the Navigation Acts , the first of which was passed in 1651 , seriously affect their imports and exports , but ...
... importance , the right to bind them by Acts of the British legislature was more and more frequently asserted . Not only did the Navigation Acts , the first of which was passed in 1651 , seriously affect their imports and exports , but ...
Pagina 2
... importance enough to demand the fullest consideration I could bestow upon it . He has stated to the House two grounds of deliberation ; one narrow and simple , and merely confined to the ques- tion on your paper : the other more large ...
... importance enough to demand the fullest consideration I could bestow upon it . He has stated to the House two grounds of deliberation ; one narrow and simple , and merely confined to the ques- tion on your paper : the other more large ...
Pagina 8
... importance . Tea is perhaps the most important object , taking it with its necessary connections , of any in the mighty circle of our commerce . If commercial principles had been the true motives to the repeal , or had they been at all ...
... importance . Tea is perhaps the most important object , taking it with its necessary connections , of any in the mighty circle of our commerce . If commercial principles had been the true motives to the repeal , or had they been at all ...
Pagina 9
... importance . A first step was taken in 1767 , when a measure was passed limiting the dividend which the company might pay to 10 per cent .; and the directors , terrified by the action of the Government , purchased temporary exemption ...
... importance . A first step was taken in 1767 , when a measure was passed limiting the dividend which the company might pay to 10 per cent .; and the directors , terrified by the action of the Government , purchased temporary exemption ...
Pagina 31
... importance and beheld their sole image of freedom , were ipso facto annihilated . This ill prospect before them seemed to be boundless in extent and endless in duration . Sir , they were not mistaken . The Ministry valued themselves ...
... importance and beheld their sole image of freedom , were ipso facto annihilated . This ill prospect before them seemed to be boundless in extent and endless in duration . Sir , they were not mistaken . The Ministry valued themselves ...
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