Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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... seemed to have been adopted . I saw , or I thought I saw , several symptoms of a great change whilst I sat in your gallery , a good while before I had the honour of a seat in this House . At that period the necessity was established of ...
... seemed to have been adopted . I saw , or I thought I saw , several symptoms of a great change whilst I sat in your gallery , a good while before I had the honour of a seat in this House . At that period the necessity was established of ...
Pagina 27
... seemed to have no delight out of this House except in such things as some way related to the business that was to be done within it . If he was ambitious , I will say this for him , his ambition was of a noble and generous strain . It ...
... seemed to have no delight out of this House except in such things as some way related to the business that was to be done within it . If he was ambitious , I will say this for him , his ambition was of a noble and generous strain . It ...
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... seemed to be boundless in extent and endless in duration . Sir , they were not mistaken . The Ministry valued themselves when this Act passed , and when they gave notice of the Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of ...
... seemed to be boundless in extent and endless in duration . Sir , they were not mistaken . The Ministry valued themselves when this Act passed , and when they gave notice of the Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of ...
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... seemed to address himself to me . Sir , I will answer him as clearly as I am able , and with great openness ; I have nothing to conceal . In the year sixty - five , being in a very private station , far enough from any line of business ...
... seemed to address himself to me . Sir , I will answer him as clearly as I am able , and with great openness ; I have nothing to conceal . In the year sixty - five , being in a very private station , far enough from any line of business ...
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... seemed to be infinitely elated , and cried out that the Ministry , from envy to the glory of their predecessors , were prepared to repeal the Stamp Act . Near nine years after , the honourable gentleman takes quite opposite ground , and ...
... seemed to be infinitely elated , and cried out that the Ministry , from envy to the glory of their predecessors , were prepared to repeal the Stamp Act . Near nine years after , the honourable gentleman takes quite opposite ground , and ...
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