The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 1C.C. Little & J. Brown, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... America , " first published in 1761 , which , though published anonymously , is well known to have been written by Burke . This is not contained in the English edition of his collected works . Although the present edition contains a ...
... America , " first published in 1761 , which , though published anonymously , is well known to have been written by Burke . This is not contained in the English edition of his collected works . Although the present edition contains a ...
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... America ; a conquest on a low estimation effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a general calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above thirty ...
... America ; a conquest on a low estimation effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a general calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above thirty ...
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... Americans at this day , they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut , which is consecrated to his worship . For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the darkest woods , and in the shade of the ...
... Americans at this day , they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut , which is consecrated to his worship . For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the darkest woods , and in the shade of the ...
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... America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions - its revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation - its commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain ...
... America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions - its revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation - its commerce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages were secured to Great Britain ...
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... America . The loss of the trade to old Spain was a farther bar to an influx of specie ; and the attempt upon Portugal had not only deprived us of an import of bullion from thence , but the payment of our troops employed in its defence ...
... America . The loss of the trade to old Spain was a farther bar to an influx of specie ; and the attempt upon Portugal had not only deprived us of an import of bullion from thence , but the payment of our troops employed in its defence ...
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