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Page 7
Permit me to open myself a little upon this subject , because it is of importance to
me , when I am obliged to submit to the power without acquiescing in the reason
of an act of legislature , that I should justify my dissent by such arguments as ...
Permit me to open myself a little upon this subject , because it is of importance to
me , when I am obliged to submit to the power without acquiescing in the reason
of an act of legislature , that I should justify my dissent by such arguments as ...
Page 18
... naturally most humane and generous men , some way fettered by instructions ,
equally against their dispositions and spirit of parliamentary faith ; when Mr .
Tryon , vaunting of the fidelity of the city in which he is governor , is obliged to
apply ...
... naturally most humane and generous men , some way fettered by instructions ,
equally against their dispositions and spirit of parliamentary faith ; when Mr .
Tryon , vaunting of the fidelity of the city in which he is governor , is obliged to
apply ...
Page 22
Does anybody seriously maintain , that , charged with my share of the public
councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think mischievous , lest men
who suffer should be encouraged to resist ? The very tendency of such projects
to ...
Does anybody seriously maintain , that , charged with my share of the public
councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think mischievous , lest men
who suffer should be encouraged to resist ? The very tendency of such projects
to ...
Page 23
We all know that the sense of the nation obliged the court of King Charles the
Second to abandon the Dutch war ; a war next to the present the most impolitic
which weever carried on . The good people of England considered Holland as a
sort ...
We all know that the sense of the nation obliged the court of King Charles the
Second to abandon the Dutch war ; a war next to the present the most impolitic
which weever carried on . The good people of England considered Holland as a
sort ...
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The king ' s forces , it must be observed , had at that time been obliged to
evacuate Boston . The superiority of the former campaign rested wholly with the
colonists . If such powers of treaty were to be wished , whilst success was very
doubtful ...
The king ' s forces , it must be observed , had at that time been obliged to
evacuate Boston . The superiority of the former campaign rested wholly with the
colonists . If such powers of treaty were to be wished , whilst success was very
doubtful ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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