Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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... sure our heads must turn and our stomachs nauseate with them . We have had them in every shape ; we have looked at them in every point of view . Invention is exhausted ; reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy ...
... sure our heads must turn and our stomachs nauseate with them . We have had them in every shape ; we have looked at them in every point of view . Invention is exhausted ; reason is fatigued ; experience has given judgment ; but obstinacy ...
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... sure ( it would be disorderly to refer to it , I suppose I read it somewhere ) , but the noble lord was pleased to say that he did not conceive how it could enter into the head of man to impose such taxes as those of 1767 - I mean those ...
... sure ( it would be disorderly to refer to it , I suppose I read it somewhere ) , but the noble lord was pleased to say that he did not conceive how it could enter into the head of man to impose such taxes as those of 1767 - I mean those ...
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... sure the natural effect of fidelity , clemency , kindness in governors is peace , good - will , order , and esteem on the part of the governed . I would certainly , at least , give these fair principles a fair trial , which since the ...
... sure the natural effect of fidelity , clemency , kindness in governors is peace , good - will , order , and esteem on the part of the governed . I would certainly , at least , give these fair principles a fair trial , which since the ...
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... sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to them ; and , in particular , I well remember , that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant harangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before ...
... sure that they were to continue to pay for it . But hopes of another kind were held out to them ; and , in particular , I well remember , that Mr. Townshend , in a brilliant harangue on this subject , did dazzle them by playing before ...
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... sure to burrow in another ; but they shall have no refuge - I will make them bolt out of all their holes . Conscious that they must be baffled , when they attribute a precedent disturbance to a subsequent measure , they take other ...
... sure to burrow in another ; but they shall have no refuge - I will make them bolt out of all their holes . Conscious that they must be baffled , when they attribute a precedent disturbance to a subsequent measure , they take other ...
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