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Page 183
They discountenanced , and , it is hoped , for ever abolished , the dangerous and
unconstitutional practice of removing military officers for their votes in parliament .
They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its ...
They discountenanced , and , it is hoped , for ever abolished , the dangerous and
unconstitutional practice of removing military officers for their votes in parliament .
They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its ...
Page 208
How just this sarcasm on that parliament may be , I say not ; but how becoming in
the author , I leave it to his friends to determine . Having thus gone through the
questions of war and peace , the author proceeds to state our debt , and the ...
How just this sarcasm on that parliament may be , I say not ; but how becoming in
the author , I leave it to his friends to determine . Having thus gone through the
questions of war and peace , the author proceeds to state our debt , and the ...
Page 209
For when the scanty provision made for the I “ The navy bills are not due till six
months after they have been issued ; six months also of the seamen ' s wages by
act of parliament must be , and in consequence of the rules prescribed by that act
...
For when the scanty provision made for the I “ The navy bills are not due till six
months after they have been issued ; six months also of the seamen ' s wages by
act of parliament must be , and in consequence of the rules prescribed by that act
...
Page 210
In the year 1764 , parliament voted £650 , 000 towards the discharge of the navy
debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of bills carrying
interest ; because part of the debt due on seamen ' s wages must have been paid
...
In the year 1764 , parliament voted £650 , 000 towards the discharge of the navy
debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of bills carrying
interest ; because part of the debt due on seamen ' s wages must have been paid
...
Page 238
... him some account how this monstrous charge came to continue ever since the
war , when it was clearly unnecessary ; how all those successions of ministers (
his own included ) came to pay it , and why his great friend in parliament , and his
...
... him some account how this monstrous charge came to continue ever since the
war , when it was clearly unnecessary ; how all those successions of ministers (
his own included ) came to pay it , and why his great friend in parliament , and his
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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