Edmund Burke's Speech on Conciliation with AmericaLongmans, Green, 1896 - 164 pages |
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Page xii
... natural - born subjects and English- men , in levying subsidies upon them against their own con- sent . " In 1732 the American colonists were forbidden to export hats ; in 1750 they were forbidden to erect mills for slitting or rolling ...
... natural - born subjects and English- men , in levying subsidies upon them against their own con- sent . " In 1732 the American colonists were forbidden to export hats ; in 1750 they were forbidden to erect mills for slitting or rolling ...
Page xv
... natural trade . ” The Government at home met opposition by enactments that virtually deprived Massachusetts of its charter , and placed it under strict British rule . Virginia voted in May , 1774 that an attack upon one colony was an ...
... natural trade . ” The Government at home met opposition by enactments that virtually deprived Massachusetts of its charter , and placed it under strict British rule . Virginia voted in May , 1774 that an attack upon one colony was an ...
Page xviii
... natural sentiment of empire . When Chatham speaks with pride of that " ancient and most noble monarchy which his genius had raised to the height of glory , and with anguish of its possible dismem- berment , his emotion is surely not ...
... natural sentiment of empire . When Chatham speaks with pride of that " ancient and most noble monarchy which his genius had raised to the height of glory , and with anguish of its possible dismem- berment , his emotion is surely not ...
Page xxvi
... natural and not discredit- able to us , then those that were discreditable . Of the first kind , then , was a general notion in the English people that their cause was just . The sovereignty was sup- posed to be in the parent state ; in ...
... natural and not discredit- able to us , then those that were discreditable . Of the first kind , then , was a general notion in the English people that their cause was just . The sovereignty was sup- posed to be in the parent state ; in ...
Page xxvii
... comprehend all the causes I have already mentioned . It was thus that men like Mr. Burke , who drew their reasonings from philosophic principles of a general nature , were not comprehended or were disregarded , while INTRODUCTION xxvii.
... comprehend all the causes I have already mentioned . It was thus that men like Mr. Burke , who drew their reasonings from philosophic principles of a general nature , were not comprehended or were disregarded , while INTRODUCTION xxvii.
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