The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 38
... duty ; and a decent and regulated sensibility to honest fame and reputa- tion . The age unquestionably produces ( whether in a greater or less number than former times , I know not ) daring profli- gates , and insidious hypocrites ...
... duty ; and a decent and regulated sensibility to honest fame and reputa- tion . The age unquestionably produces ( whether in a greater or less number than former times , I know not ) daring profli- gates , and insidious hypocrites ...
Page 44
... duty , not to inquire from what hands they come . I opposed the American measures upon the very same principle on which I support those that relate to Ireland . I was convinced , that the evils which have arisen from the adoption of the ...
... duty , not to inquire from what hands they come . I opposed the American measures upon the very same principle on which I support those that relate to Ireland . I was convinced , that the evils which have arisen from the adoption of the ...
Page 48
... duties paid here and in Ireland . Those duties affect the interior consumer only ; and for obvious reasons , relative to the interest of revenue itself , they must be proportioned to his ability of payment ; but in all cases in which ...
... duties paid here and in Ireland . Those duties affect the interior consumer only ; and for obvious reasons , relative to the interest of revenue itself , they must be proportioned to his ability of payment ; but in all cases in which ...
Page 53
... duties on materials , Ireland had a preference ; and that those , who set themselves against this act of scanty justice , assert that they are only contending for an equality . What equality ? Do they forget , that the whole woollen ...
... duties on materials , Ireland had a preference ; and that those , who set themselves against this act of scanty justice , assert that they are only contending for an equality . What equality ? Do they forget , that the whole woollen ...
Page 65
... opinion , it is our duty when we have the desires of the people before us , to pursue them , not in the spirit of VOL . 11 . F literal obedience , which may militate with their very prin- SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM . 65.
... opinion , it is our duty when we have the desires of the people before us , to pursue them , not in the spirit of VOL . 11 . F literal obedience , which may militate with their very prin- SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM . 65.
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