The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 12Little, Brown,, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... Lords in this kingdom ( which comes near the case I am going to state ) separately the subject of assessment , such a thing would be con- trary to all the principles of regular and just taxa- tion in any country in the universe . Some ...
... Lords in this kingdom ( which comes near the case I am going to state ) separately the subject of assessment , such a thing would be con- trary to all the principles of regular and just taxa- tion in any country in the universe . Some ...
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... Lord- ships would expect to find , an ample provision for all the nobility of that illustrious family of which the ... Lords , if there is anything which will root the present order of things out of Europe , it will begin , as we see ...
... Lord- ships would expect to find , an ample provision for all the nobility of that illustrious family of which the ... Lords , if there is anything which will root the present order of things out of Europe , it will begin , as we see ...
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... Lords , was an act of gross violence , ushered in by a gross fraud . It ap- pears that no pensions were ever intended to be paid ; and this you will naturally guess would be the event , when such a strange metamorphosis was to be made ...
... Lords , was an act of gross violence , ushered in by a gross fraud . It ap- pears that no pensions were ever intended to be paid ; and this you will naturally guess would be the event , when such a strange metamorphosis was to be made ...
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... Lords , you see that all these estates , ex- cept 25,7827 . a year , were either jaghires for the Na- bob's own immediate family , settled by his father upon his mother , and by his father's father upon his grand- mother , and upon ...
... Lords , you see that all these estates , ex- cept 25,7827 . a year , were either jaghires for the Na- bob's own immediate family , settled by his father upon his mother , and by his father's father upon his grand- mother , and upon ...
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... Lords , for what object all this was done . Was Mr. Hastings endeavoring , by his arbitrary interference and the use ... Lord- ships ' honorable and generous feelings as to have offered you , upon this occasion , any remarks which you ...
... Lords , for what object all this was done . Was Mr. Hastings endeavoring , by his arbitrary interference and the use ... Lord- ships ' honorable and generous feelings as to have offered you , upon this occasion , any remarks which you ...
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