Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... resolution was taken in this House to tax America , I was ill in bed . If I could have endured to be carried in my bed - so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences - I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me ...
... resolution was taken in this House to tax America , I was ill in bed . If I could have endured to be carried in my bed - so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences - I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me ...
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... resolutions in which trade with England was boycotted . Nevertheless in a very calm and conciliat- ing Petition to the King the Congress once more re- affirmed its loyalty to the Empire and asserted its willingness to pay all taxes ...
... resolutions in which trade with England was boycotted . Nevertheless in a very calm and conciliat- ing Petition to the King the Congress once more re- affirmed its loyalty to the Empire and asserted its willingness to pay all taxes ...
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... resolution stamped with rashness and injustice , fraught with blood , and a horrible futurity . But before this be allowed them , before the signal of civil war be given , before they are permitted to force Englishmen to sheathe their ...
... resolution stamped with rashness and injustice , fraught with blood , and a horrible futurity . But before this be allowed them , before the signal of civil war be given , before they are permitted to force Englishmen to sheathe their ...
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... gentler policy , Burke seized the opportunity to offer , on March 22 , 1775 , conciliatory resolutions that met adequately nearly all the constitutional demands of the colonists . The partition of the Empire would prob- ably 25.
... gentler policy , Burke seized the opportunity to offer , on March 22 , 1775 , conciliatory resolutions that met adequately nearly all the constitutional demands of the colonists . The partition of the Empire would prob- ably 25.
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... lord's project , the idea of con- ciliation is admissible . First , the House , in accepting the resolution moved by the noble lord , has admitted , not- 7 withstanding the menacing front of our address , notwith- 30 EDMUND BURKE.
... lord's project , the idea of con- ciliation is admissible . First , the House , in accepting the resolution moved by the noble lord , has admitted , not- 7 withstanding the menacing front of our address , notwith- 30 EDMUND BURKE.
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