Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... facts , were bent upon asserting the right of imposing direct taxes upon the colonists . Not Franklin or Adams but ... fact that the Stamp Duty was a tax imposed for purposes of revenue , as distinct from the regulation of trade , is ...
... facts , were bent upon asserting the right of imposing direct taxes upon the colonists . Not Franklin or Adams but ... fact that the Stamp Duty was a tax imposed for purposes of revenue , as distinct from the regulation of trade , is ...
Pagina xi
... fact that the Americans would have " no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are not oppressed by the weight of it . " ' My hold on the colonies , " thus he sums up his plea for conciliation , in words ...
... fact that the Americans would have " no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are not oppressed by the weight of it . " ' My hold on the colonies , " thus he sums up his plea for conciliation , in words ...
Pagina 22
... facts to show , not what was your right , but what has been your settled policy . Our revenue laws have usually a title purporting their being grants , and the words give and grant usually precede the enacting parts . Al- though duties ...
... facts to show , not what was your right , but what has been your settled policy . Our revenue laws have usually a title purporting their being grants , and the words give and grant usually precede the enacting parts . Al- though duties ...
Pagina 32
... fact . However , it happens neither to be true nor possible . I will observe , first , that Mr. Grenville never thought fit to make this apology for himself in the innumerable debates that were had upon the subject . He might have ...
... fact . However , it happens neither to be true nor possible . I will observe , first , that Mr. Grenville never thought fit to make this apology for himself in the innumerable debates that were had upon the subject . He might have ...
Pagina 33
... fact , and , if you please , I will mention a very unquestionable authority for it.1 Thus , Sir , I have disposed of this falsehood . But falsehood has a perennial spring . It is said , that no 1 Burke was mistaken here . In a letter ...
... fact , and , if you please , I will mention a very unquestionable authority for it.1 Thus , Sir , I have disposed of this falsehood . But falsehood has a perennial spring . It is said , that no 1 Burke was mistaken here . In a letter ...
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