Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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... regard to America , their causes , and their consequences . With regard to the latter ground , he states it as useless , and thinks it may be even dangerous to enter into so extensive a field of inquiry . Yet , to my surprise , he had ...
... regard to America , their causes , and their consequences . With regard to the latter ground , he states it as useless , and thinks it may be even dangerous to enter into so extensive a field of inquiry . Yet , to my surprise , he had ...
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... regard to their relations or dependencies . They never had any kind of system right or wrong , but only invented occa- sionally some miserable tale for the day , in order meanly to sneak out of difficulties into which they had proudly ...
... regard to their relations or dependencies . They never had any kind of system right or wrong , but only invented occa- sionally some miserable tale for the day , in order meanly to sneak out of difficulties into which they had proudly ...
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... regard to America has been always governed by this policy ? It goes a great deal further . These excellent and trusty servants of the king , justly fearful lest they themselves should have lost all credit with the world , bring out the ...
... regard to America has been always governed by this policy ? It goes a great deal further . These excellent and trusty servants of the king , justly fearful lest they themselves should have lost all credit with the world , bring out the ...
Pagina 19
... , decisive , or steady in the proceeding , with regard either to the continuance or the repeal of the taxes . The whole has an air of littleness and fraud . The article of tea is slurred over in the circular letter , American Taxation 19.
... , decisive , or steady in the proceeding , with regard either to the continuance or the repeal of the taxes . The whole has an air of littleness and fraud . The article of tea is slurred over in the circular letter , American Taxation 19.
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... regard to its colonies . Sir , that policy was , from the beginning , purely commercial , and the commercial system was wholly restrictive . It was the system of a monopoly . No trade was let loose from that constraint but merely to ...
... regard to its colonies . Sir , that policy was , from the beginning , purely commercial , and the commercial system was wholly restrictive . It was the system of a monopoly . No trade was let loose from that constraint but merely to ...
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