Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... political life of his time . During this period four great controversies of lasting interest chiefly absorbed his energies — the relations between England and her American colonies , the state of Ireland , the administration of India ...
... political life of his time . During this period four great controversies of lasting interest chiefly absorbed his energies — the relations between England and her American colonies , the state of Ireland , the administration of India ...
Pagina viii
Edmund Burke. of metaphysical theories into the political sphere , he judged guilty of all three those who , in the face alike of past usage and present facts , were bent upon asserting the right of imposing direct taxes upon the ...
Edmund Burke. of metaphysical theories into the political sphere , he judged guilty of all three those who , in the face alike of past usage and present facts , were bent upon asserting the right of imposing direct taxes upon the ...
Pagina ix
... politicians were concerned lest the dignity of Parliament should be compromised by any withdrawal of the obnoxious tax or of the claim which it embodied . As for the mass of the people , their feelings are best expressed in Burke's own ...
... politicians were concerned lest the dignity of Parliament should be compromised by any withdrawal of the obnoxious tax or of the claim which it embodied . As for the mass of the people , their feelings are best expressed in Burke's own ...
Pagina xi
... 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 , 1775 ) , and the Letter to the Sheriffs ...
... 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 , 1775 ) , and the Letter to the Sheriffs ...
Pagina xii
... political ends of Justice and Freedom , the large and generous interpretation of expediency , the morality , the vision , the noble temper . " It is impossible to think that any one will quarrel with Mr. Morley's judgment in this matter ...
... political ends of Justice and Freedom , the large and generous interpretation of expediency , the morality , the vision , the noble temper . " It is impossible to think that any one will quarrel with Mr. Morley's judgment in this matter ...
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