The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellaniesG. Bell & sons, 1887 |
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... to King Second , in 1688. He believed , that they had take from one motive only ; that is , our attempting to without their consent ; to tax them for the purpos taining civil and military establishments . If this attempt of.
... to King Second , in 1688. He believed , that they had take from one motive only ; that is , our attempting to without their consent ; to tax them for the purpos taining civil and military establishments . If this attempt of.
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Edmund Burke. taining civil and military establishments . If this attempt of ours could have been practically established , he thought , with them , that their assemblies would become totally use- less ; that , under the system of policy ...
Edmund Burke. taining civil and military establishments . If this attempt of ours could have been practically established , he thought , with them , that their assemblies would become totally use- less ; that , under the system of policy ...
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... establishment of the governme had received so great a shock from the evil couns had been given to that unfortunate prince . " Sir John Hawles , another of the managers , fol steps of his brethren , positively affirming the do non ...
... establishment of the governme had received so great a shock from the evil couns had been given to that unfortunate prince . " Sir John Hawles , another of the managers , fol steps of his brethren , positively affirming the do non ...
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... establishments very low . The land tax continued at two shillings in the pound for the greater part of his administra- tion . The other impositions were moderate . The profound repose , the equal liberty , the firm protection of just ...
... establishments very low . The land tax continued at two shillings in the pound for the greater part of his administra- tion . The other impositions were moderate . The profound repose , the equal liberty , the firm protection of just ...
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... establishment , if they should happen to be overt popular fury , as any of their own more immediate a lar rights and privileges , if the latter should be at subverted by the crown . For this reason he puts of the Revolution and the ...
... establishment , if they should happen to be overt popular fury , as any of their own more immediate a lar rights and privileges , if the latter should be at subverted by the crown . For this reason he puts of the Revolution and the ...
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Page 158 - For eighteen months without intermission this destruction raged from the gates of Madras to the gates of Tanjore ; and so completely did these masters in their art, Hyder Ali and his more ferocious son, absolve themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did, the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One...