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... COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPEN- DENCE OF PARLIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL REFOR- MATION OF THE CIVIL AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS , February 11 , 1780 . • • SPEECH AT BRISTOL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION , Septem- ber 6 ...
... COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPEN- DENCE OF PARLIAMENT , AND THE ECONOMICAL REFOR- MATION OF THE CIVIL AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS , February 11 , 1780 . • • SPEECH AT BRISTOL PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION , Septem- ber 6 ...
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... Commons . I conceal the ridiculous figure of Parliament hurling its thunders at the gigantic re- bellion of America , and then , five days after , pros- trate at the feet of those assemblies we affected to despise , begging them , by ...
... Commons . I conceal the ridiculous figure of Parliament hurling its thunders at the gigantic re- bellion of America , and then , five days after , pros- trate at the feet of those assemblies we affected to despise , begging them , by ...
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... Commons , & c . , " being desirous to make some provision in the present session of Parliament towards raising the said revenue . " By these words it appeared to the colonies that this act was but a beginning of sorrows , that every ...
... Commons , & c . , " being desirous to make some provision in the present session of Parliament towards raising the said revenue . " By these words it appeared to the colonies that this act was but a beginning of sorrows , that every ...
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... that part of his Majesty's dominions ; to assure his Majesty , that his faithful Commons , animated with the warmest duty and at- tachment to his royal person and government , will firmly 54 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... that part of his Majesty's dominions ; to assure his Majesty , that his faithful Commons , animated with the warmest duty and at- tachment to his royal person and government , will firmly 54 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... Commons . Besides the characters of the individuals that compose our body , it is impossible , Mr. Speaker , not to observe that this House has a collective char- acter of its own . That character , too , however imper- fect , is not ...
... Commons . Besides the characters of the individuals that compose our body , it is impossible , Mr. Speaker , not to observe that this House has a collective char- acter of its own . That character , too , however imper- fect , is not ...
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