Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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... person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : 1 " Condemning , as you do , the repeal of the Stamp Act , why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass , paper , and painters ' colours ? Let your pretence ...
... person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : 1 " Condemning , as you do , the repeal of the Stamp Act , why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass , paper , and painters ' colours ? Let your pretence ...
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... and by a contin- gent from the southern colonies . Massachusetts absolutely refused to aid their brethren . Connecticut would send no more than 250 men . when it was devolved upon a person to whom , 26 Burke's Speeches.
... and by a contin- gent from the southern colonies . Massachusetts absolutely refused to aid their brethren . Connecticut would send no more than 250 men . when it was devolved upon a person to whom , 26 Burke's Speeches.
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Edmund Burke. when it was devolved upon a person to whom , on other accounts , this country owes very great obligations . I do believe , that he had a very serious desire to benefit the public . But with no small study of the detail , he ...
Edmund Burke. when it was devolved upon a person to whom , on other accounts , this country owes very great obligations . I do believe , that he had a very serious desire to benefit the public . But with no small study of the detail , he ...
Pagina 28
... persons very happily born , to open and to liberalise the mind exactly in the same proportion . Passing from that study he did not go very largely into the world , but plunged into business - I mean into the business of office , and the ...
... persons very happily born , to open and to liberalise the mind exactly in the same proportion . Passing from that study he did not go very largely into the world , but plunged into business - I mean into the business of office , and the ...
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... person turned his eyes somewhat less than was just towards the incredible increase of the fair trade , and looked with something of too exquisite a jealousy towards the contraband . He certainly felt a singular degree of anxiety on the ...
... person turned his eyes somewhat less than was just towards the incredible increase of the fair trade , and looked with something of too exquisite a jealousy towards the contraband . He certainly felt a singular degree of anxiety on the ...
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