The Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan: In the Irish, and in the Imperial Parliament, Volume 4 |
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... fact , that the terms of the Union are aggravations of the Union , the principal conditions are heavy contributions . Your financial conditions are dangerous experiments , and both such as you are perfectly competent to make , provided ...
... fact , that the terms of the Union are aggravations of the Union , the principal conditions are heavy contributions . Your financial conditions are dangerous experiments , and both such as you are perfectly competent to make , provided ...
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... fact , an army not for the people of Ireland , but put upon them ; not to protect them , but to protect the projects of the minister against them : ' tis true , it has been said , that Eng- land will pay this additional expense ; but ...
... fact , an army not for the people of Ireland , but put upon them ; not to protect them , but to protect the projects of the minister against them : ' tis true , it has been said , that Eng- land will pay this additional expense ; but ...
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... fact , for I had not forgotten the Ame- rican war ; I had not forgotten the American Stamp Act ; I had not forgotten Mr. G. Grenville's pamphlet , containing a proposal to tax Ireland as well as America ; I had not forgotten the ...
... fact , for I had not forgotten the Ame- rican war ; I had not forgotten the American Stamp Act ; I had not forgotten Mr. G. Grenville's pamphlet , containing a proposal to tax Ireland as well as America ; I had not forgotten the ...
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... fact , does the minister say , who uses this argument , but that his system was a grievance , as was predicted by ... facts , and it will be necessary for him to shew , first , that these facts sprung out of Parliament ; second , that ...
... fact , does the minister say , who uses this argument , but that his system was a grievance , as was predicted by ... facts , and it will be necessary for him to shew , first , that these facts sprung out of Parliament ; second , that ...
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... fact is , that you are identified ( if you be identified , which I deny ) in the single point of representation , and that representation is absorbed in the superior numbers of the English Parliament , and that apparent identification ...
... fact is , that you are identified ( if you be identified , which I deny ) in the single point of representation , and that representation is absorbed in the superior numbers of the English Parliament , and that apparent identification ...
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