Burkes Speech on Conciliation: Tennyson's The Princess ...Scott, Foresman & Company, 1906 |
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... called upon , as it were , by a superior warning voice , again to attend to America ; to attend to the whole . of it together ; and to review the subject with an unusual degree of care and calmness . Surely it is an awful subject ; or ...
... called upon , as it were , by a superior warning voice , again to attend to America ; to attend to the whole . of it together ; and to review the subject with an unusual degree of care and calmness . Surely it is an awful subject ; or ...
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... lar instance of it in the single province of Pennsyl- vania . In the year 1704 , that province called for £ 11,459 in value of your commodities , native and one . foreign . This was the whole . What did it BURKE'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION 41.
... lar instance of it in the single province of Pennsyl- vania . In the year 1704 , that province called for £ 11,459 in value of your commodities , native and one . foreign . This was the whole . What did it BURKE'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION 41.
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... called a House of Commons . They went much farther ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that in theory it ought to be so , from the particular nature of a House of Commons , as an immediate representative of the people ...
... called a House of Commons . They went much farther ; they attempted to prove , and they succeeded , that in theory it ought to be so , from the particular nature of a House of Commons , as an immediate representative of the people ...
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... called upon to fix some rule and line for our future conduct , which may give a little stability to our politics , and prevent the return of such unhappy deliberations as the present . Every such return will bring the matter before us ...
... called upon to fix some rule and line for our future conduct , which may give a little stability to our politics , and prevent the return of such unhappy deliberations as the present . Every such return will bring the matter before us ...
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... government , and not the names by which it is called ; not the name of governor , as formerly , or committee , as at present . This new 146 ) government has originated directly from the people ; BURKE'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION 57.
... government , and not the names by which it is called ; not the name of governor , as formerly , or committee , as at present . This new 146 ) government has originated directly from the people ; BURKE'S SPEECH ON CONCILIATION 57.
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Page 41 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men", and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 219 - WASHINGTON. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.