Speech on Conciliation with AmericaGinn, 1897 - 152 страници |
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... Indian War which had closed in 1756 , - to lay a tax in spite of the fact , fully acknowledged by Parliament , ' that the colonists had already borne more than their share of the burden . For carrying out his purpose he introduced into ...
... Indian War which had closed in 1756 , - to lay a tax in spite of the fact , fully acknowledged by Parliament , ' that the colonists had already borne more than their share of the burden . For carrying out his purpose he introduced into ...
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... India Company , and later Richard was engaged in some questionable dealings in West Indian lands . That these ventures were shared by Burke has been charged but never proved . In vindication of his conduct it can be shown that most of ...
... India Company , and later Richard was engaged in some questionable dealings in West Indian lands . That these ventures were shared by Burke has been charged but never proved . In vindication of his conduct it can be shown that most of ...
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... India as one of three commissioners to overhaul the affairs of the East India Company ; for the sake of this party he drummed up his 6 1 See 4 8 and the note on this line . 2 Works , I , 520. Compare also 51 27 , note . 8 See 9 31 and ...
... India as one of three commissioners to overhaul the affairs of the East India Company ; for the sake of this party he drummed up his 6 1 See 4 8 and the note on this line . 2 Works , I , 520. Compare also 51 27 , note . 8 See 9 31 and ...
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... India does Burke excel this in grasp of details , in lucid presentation of a large mass of facts and opinions , and in ripened political wisdom . He virtually summed up everything said on America since he had entered Parliament ; he ...
... India does Burke excel this in grasp of details , in lucid presentation of a large mass of facts and opinions , and in ripened political wisdom . He virtually summed up everything said on America since he had entered Parliament ; he ...
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... India . That unhappy country was then in the hands of the East India Company , whose system was corrupt and cruel beyond description , as Burke puts the case , unequalled by " all the acts and monuments of pecula- tion , the ...
... India . That unhappy country was then in the hands of the East India Company , whose system was corrupt and cruel beyond description , as Burke puts the case , unequalled by " all the acts and monuments of pecula- tion , the ...
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