Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... trade had been in existence for more than a century ; and as the colonies grew in 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 ...
... trade had been in existence for more than a century ; and as the colonies grew in 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 ...
Pagina 7
... ventured to impose a duty on coals . In all the articles of American contraband trade who ever 1 Lord Hillsborough's circular letter , see p . 13 . heard of the smuggling of red lead and white lead American Taxation 7.
... ventured to impose a duty on coals . In all the articles of American contraband trade who ever 1 Lord Hillsborough's circular letter , see p . 13 . heard of the smuggling of red lead and white lead American Taxation 7.
Pagina 8
... trade of England as not to be felt or felt but slightly , like white lead and red lead and painters ' colours ? Tea is an object of far other importance . Tea is perhaps the most important object , taking it with its necessary ...
... trade of England as not to be felt or felt but slightly , like white lead and red lead and painters ' colours ? Tea is an object of far other importance . Tea is perhaps the most important object , taking it with its necessary ...
Pagina 9
... trades , and the possession of imperial revenues , had brought you to the verge of beggary and ruin . Such was your representation — such , in some measure , was your case . The vent of ten millions of pounds of this commodity , now ...
... trades , and the possession of imperial revenues , had brought you to the verge of beggary and ruin . Such was your representation — such , in some measure , was your case . The vent of ten millions of pounds of this commodity , now ...
Pagina 10
... trade of tea that your East India conquests are to be pre- vented from crushing you with their burthen . They are ponderous indeed ; and they must have that great country to lean upon , or they tumble upon your head . It is the same ...
... trade of tea that your East India conquests are to be pre- vented from crushing you with their burthen . They are ponderous indeed ; and they must have that great country to lean upon , or they tumble upon your head . It is the same ...
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