The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 1C.C. Little & J. Brown, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of taxes , and the high price of labor and provi ... house of commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politics . As to the composition , it bears a striking and ...
... common - place lamentations upon the decay of trade , the increase of taxes , and the high price of labor and provi ... house of commons is swept into this grand reservoir of politics . As to the composition , it bears a striking and ...
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... parliament voted £ 650,00 towards the discharge of the navy debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of ... house of commons , in the following sessions , that the navy debt , carry- ing interest was , on the 31st of ...
... parliament voted £ 650,00 towards the discharge of the navy debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of ... house of commons , in the following sessions , that the navy debt , carry- ing interest was , on the 31st of ...
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... house of commons to compliment the crown with a sort of juridical declaration of a title to the company's acquisitions in India ; which the crown , on its part , with the best air in the world , was to bestow upon the public . Then it ...
... house of commons to compliment the crown with a sort of juridical declaration of a title to the company's acquisitions in India ; which the crown , on its part , with the best air in the world , was to bestow upon the public . Then it ...
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... house of commons , the offer , as it was natural , of £ 400,000 , was very well relished . But nothing could be more disgustful than the £ 80,000 which the company had divided amongst them- selves . A violent tempest of public ...
... house of commons , the offer , as it was natural , of £ 400,000 , was very well relished . But nothing could be more disgustful than the £ 80,000 which the company had divided amongst them- selves . A violent tempest of public ...
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... house of commons , as the sole judge of such contests ? It would undoubtedly be a glorious sight to have eight or ten petitions , or double returns , from Boston and Barbadoes , from Philadelphia and Jamaica , the members returned , and ...
... house of commons , as the sole judge of such contests ? It would undoubtedly be a glorious sight to have eight or ten petitions , or double returns , from Boston and Barbadoes , from Philadelphia and Jamaica , the members returned , and ...
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