Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... House of Commons , and though almost continuously in opposition , exercised a powerful influence upon the political life of his time . During this period four great controversies of lasting interest chiefly absorbed his energies — the ...
... House of Commons , and though almost continuously in opposition , exercised a powerful influence upon the political life of his time . During this period four great controversies of lasting interest chiefly absorbed his energies — the ...
Pagina viii
... House of Commons in 1765 , American affairs were already at a critical stage . A long train of events had been leading on to the final catastrophe . Laws for the regulation and restraint of colonial trade had been in existence for more ...
... House of Commons in 1765 , American affairs were already at a critical stage . A long train of events had been leading on to the final catastrophe . Laws for the regulation and restraint of colonial trade had been in existence for more ...
Pagina xi
... House of Commons and the country , was to be sought in a recognition of the fact that the Americans would have " no ... common names , from kindred blood , from similar privileges , and equal protection . These are ties which , though ...
... House of Commons and the country , was to be sought in a recognition of the fact that the Americans would have " no ... common names , from kindred blood , from similar privileges , and equal protection . These are ties which , though ...
Pagina 14
... House . I pass by the use of the king's name in a matter of supply , that sacred and reserved right of the Commons . I conceal the ridiculous figure of Parliament hurling its thunders at the gigantic rebellion of America , and then five ...
... House . I pass by the use of the king's name in a matter of supply , that sacred and reserved right of the Commons . I conceal the ridiculous figure of Parliament hurling its thunders at the gigantic rebellion of America , and then five ...
Pagina 42
... House , the motion which is on your journals , and which , to save the clerk the trouble of turning to it , I will ... Commons , animated with the warmest duty and attachment to his royal person and government , will firmly and ...
... House , the motion which is on your journals , and which , to save the clerk the trouble of turning to it , I will ... Commons , animated with the warmest duty and attachment to his royal person and government , will firmly and ...
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