Sir John Eliot. John Pym. Lord Chatham. Lord Mansfield. Edmund BurkeCharles Kendall Adams Putnam, 1884 - Speeches, addresses, etc., English |
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Page 89
... true representation of popular interests . The other source of his power was in the methods and characteristics of his elo- quence . He was not in a true sense a great debator . His ability lay not in any power to analyze a difficult ...
... true representation of popular interests . The other source of his power was in the methods and characteristics of his elo- quence . He was not in a true sense a great debator . His ability lay not in any power to analyze a difficult ...
Page 163
... true , that a tax laid in any place is like a pebble falling into and making a circle in a lake , till one cir- cle produces and gives motion to another , and the whole circumference is agitated from the centre . For nothing can be more ...
... true , that a tax laid in any place is like a pebble falling into and making a circle in a lake , till one cir- cle produces and gives motion to another , and the whole circumference is agitated from the centre . For nothing can be more ...
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... true with regard to the counties of Chester and Dur- ham . They will deny that the Americans were ever " touched and grieved " with the taxes . If they considered nothing in taxes but their weight as pecuniary impositions , there might ...
... true with regard to the counties of Chester and Dur- ham . They will deny that the Americans were ever " touched and grieved " with the taxes . If they considered nothing in taxes but their weight as pecuniary impositions , there might ...
Contents
SIR JOHN ELIOT | 1 |
ON THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND UNDER THE DUKE OF BUCK | 13 |
JOHN | 27 |
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