Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... least of his later utterances regarding the French Revolution appear devoid of all measure or sanity . No such depreciation is possible in respect of the American speeches . In these Burke found a theme exactly suited to his powers and ...
... least of his later utterances regarding the French Revolution appear devoid of all measure or sanity . No such depreciation is possible in respect of the American speeches . In these Burke found a theme exactly suited to his powers and ...
Pagina 3
... least to avoid a dull uniformity in mischief , and the unpitied calamity of being repeatedly caught in the same snare . Sir , I will freely follow the honourable gentleman in his historical discussion , without the least management for ...
... least to avoid a dull uniformity in mischief , and the unpitied calamity of being repeatedly caught in the same snare . Sir , I will freely follow the honourable gentleman in his historical discussion , without the least management for ...
Pagina 4
... least wavering or hesitation on my part , I steadily appeal ; and would to God there was no other arbiter to decide on the vote with which the House is to conclude this day . When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I ...
... least wavering or hesitation on my part , I steadily appeal ; and would to God there was no other arbiter to decide on the vote with which the House is to conclude this day . When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I ...
Pagina 7
... least acquainted with the detail of commerce must know that several of the articles on which the tax was repealed were fitter objects of duties than almost any other articles that could possibly be chosen , without com- parison more so ...
... least acquainted with the detail of commerce must know that several of the articles on which the tax was repealed were fitter objects of duties than almost any other articles that could possibly be chosen , without com- parison more so ...
Pagina 10
... least so much good as to let us know that , without a more extensive sale of that article , our East India revenues and acquisitions can have no certain con- nection with this country . It is through the American trade of tea that your ...
... least so much good as to let us know that , without a more extensive sale of that article , our East India revenues and acquisitions can have no certain con- nection with this country . It is through the American trade of tea that your ...
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