Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Company, 1919 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina ix
... whole empire and so ardently desired by all British America . " Some there were who already looked to independence ; but we have the testimony of one of the chief men among them , John Adams , that when his opinions were disclosed , he ...
... whole empire and so ardently desired by all British America . " Some there were who already looked to independence ; but we have the testimony of one of the chief men among them , John Adams , that when his opinions were disclosed , he ...
Pagina xi
... whole , Burke's greatest critic , and no 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 ...
... whole , Burke's greatest critic , and no 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 ...
Pagina 1
... whole House , to take into con- sideration the duty of 3d . per pound weight upon tea , payable in all his Majesty's dominions in America , imposed by the said Act ; and also the appropriation of the said duty . " 1 On this latter ...
... whole House , to take into con- sideration the duty of 3d . per pound weight upon tea , payable in all his Majesty's dominions in America , imposed by the said Act ; and also the appropriation of the said duty . " 1 On this latter ...
Pagina 2
... whole . empire , no topic has been more familiar to us . For nine long years , session after session , we have been lashed round and round this miserable circle of occasional arguments and temporary expedients . I am sure our heads must ...
... whole . empire , no topic has been more familiar to us . For nine long years , session after session , we have been lashed round and round this miserable circle of occasional arguments and temporary expedients . I am sure our heads must ...
Pagina 8
... whole consideration ) have taxed these commodities . The same may be said of glass . Besides , some of the things taxed were so trivial , that the loss of the objects them- selves , and their utter annihilation out of American com ...
... whole consideration ) have taxed these commodities . The same may be said of glass . Besides , some of the things taxed were so trivial , that the loss of the objects them- selves , and their utter annihilation out of American com ...
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