Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... passed in 1651 , seriously affect their imports and exports , but the manu- facture of certain goods was altogether prohibited . More- over , so far back as 1672 , duties had been placed upon certain articles in passing from one colony ...
... passed in 1651 , seriously affect their imports and exports , but the manu- facture of certain goods was altogether prohibited . More- over , so far back as 1672 , duties had been placed upon certain articles in passing from one colony ...
Pagina 5
... passed , the Ministry , I 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 ...
... passed , the Ministry , I 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 ...
Pagina 9
... passed limiting the dividend which the company might pay to 10 per cent .; and the directors , terrified by the action of the Government , purchased temporary exemption from further interference by agreeing to contribute £ 400,000 to ...
... passed limiting the dividend which the company might pay to 10 per cent .; and the directors , terrified by the action of the Government , purchased temporary exemption from further interference by agreeing to contribute £ 400,000 to ...
Pagina 14
... Passing therefore from the constitutional consideration to the mere policy , does not this letter imply that the idea of taxing America for the purpose of revenue is an abominable project , when the Ministry suppose that none but ...
... Passing therefore from the constitutional consideration to the mere policy , does not this letter imply that the idea of taxing America for the purpose of revenue is an abominable project , when the Ministry suppose that none but ...
Pagina 22
... passed with regard to the plantations , the words . which distinguish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditatedly avoided . I do not say , Sir , that a form of words alters the nature of the law or abridges the ...
... passed with regard to the plantations , the words . which distinguish revenue laws specifically as such were , I think , premeditatedly avoided . I do not say , Sir , that a form of words alters the nature of the law or abridges the ...
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