Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina x
... means of attain- ing some useful end , and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I could discern . " The familiar dictum that nothing must be ...
... means of attain- ing some useful end , and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I could discern . " The familiar dictum that nothing must be ...
Pagina xi
... mean arbiter whether of literature or politics ) in his reference to three of the principal pieces contained in this volume - the Speech on American Taxation ( April 19 , 1774 ) , the Speech on Conciliation with America ( March 22 ...
... mean arbiter whether of literature or politics ) in his reference to three of the principal pieces contained in this volume - the Speech on American Taxation ( April 19 , 1774 ) , the Speech on Conciliation with America ( March 22 ...
Pagina xii
... esteem in the governed , " that " if you mean to please any people you must give them the boon they ask ; not what you think better for them but of a kind totally " " " different , " and above all ( a xii Introduction.
... esteem in the governed , " that " if you mean to please any people you must give them the boon they ask ; not what you think better for them but of a kind totally " " " different , " and above all ( a xii Introduction.
Pagina 5
... mean the present Ministry , thought it expedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the ...
... mean the present Ministry , thought it expedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth standing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the ...
Pagina 10
... means of giving the profits of the trade of your colonies to every nation but your- selves . Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principle does it stand ? This famous ...
... means of giving the profits of the trade of your colonies to every nation but your- selves . Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principle does it stand ? This famous ...
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