Burke's Speech on Conciliation with AmericanGinn, 1897 - 152 страници |
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... common action.1 The next year , in the hope of driving the Americans to buy tea , England despatched shiploads of it to Boston , New York , Philadelphia and Charleston : the commit- tees of correspondence decided that the cargoes must ...
... common action.1 The next year , in the hope of driving the Americans to buy tea , England despatched shiploads of it to Boston , New York , Philadelphia and Charleston : the commit- tees of correspondence decided that the cargoes must ...
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... common among ignorant people , that the surest method of enlarging national commerce is to restrict and retaliate , Burke advocated liberality . His narrow - minded constituents remonstrated , but he replied with a truth which is not ...
... common among ignorant people , that the surest method of enlarging national commerce is to restrict and retaliate , Burke advocated liberality . His narrow - minded constituents remonstrated , but he replied with a truth which is not ...
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... common faith , " 9 - these passages , though in a manner to be attempted by a genius only , and even then too ornate for modern taste , were " 5 4 51 27 , 28 . 1 5 24 , 25 . 2 17 13 , 14 . 8 72 2 . 5 Essay on Lord Bacon . 6 Works , I ...
... common faith , " 9 - these passages , though in a manner to be attempted by a genius only , and even then too ornate for modern taste , were " 5 4 51 27 , 28 . 1 5 24 , 25 . 2 17 13 , 14 . 8 72 2 . 5 Essay on Lord Bacon . 6 Works , I ...
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... common pains to instruct himself in regard to it . ( 4 2-19 ) B. He has held to his original sentiments in regard to it . ( 4 20-27 ) C. Parliament has frequently changed its sentiments and policy . ( 4 28-31 ) D. Each remedy has been ...
... common pains to instruct himself in regard to it . ( 4 2-19 ) B. He has held to his original sentiments in regard to it . ( 4 20-27 ) C. Parliament has frequently changed its sentiments and policy . ( 4 28-31 ) D. Each remedy has been ...
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... Birth of Wordsworth . 1771. Smollett's Humphrey Clinker . Death of Gray . Birth of Scott . 1772. Birth of Coleridge . 1774. Death of Goldsmith . the Roman Empire , vol . I. Paine's Common Sense CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . lxvii.
... Birth of Wordsworth . 1771. Smollett's Humphrey Clinker . Death of Gray . Birth of Scott . 1772. Birth of Coleridge . 1774. Death of Goldsmith . the Roman Empire , vol . I. Paine's Common Sense CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . lxvii.
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