Conciliation with the Colonies: The Speech by Edmund BurkeHoughton Mifflin, 1915 - 141 sider |
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... House of Commons , as a representative of the Borough of Wendover , and on January 27 , 1766 , made his first speech in that body , on the question of receiving a petition from the colonies against the Stamp Act . He at once took his ...
... House of Commons , as a representative of the Borough of Wendover , and on January 27 , 1766 , made his first speech in that body , on the question of receiving a petition from the colonies against the Stamp Act . He at once took his ...
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... House . During the Grafton Ministry , he was the life of the op- position to the action of the Government against Wilkes . In his Thoughts on the Present Discontents , he attributed the popular unrest to the policy of the Administration ...
... House . During the Grafton Ministry , he was the life of the op- position to the action of the Government against Wilkes . In his Thoughts on the Present Discontents , he attributed the popular unrest to the policy of the Administration ...
Side 7
... House of Com- mòns , it was defeated in the House of Lords through the personal efforts of the King . The ministry was short - lived , and Burke was soon again in opposition . At this BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... House of Com- mòns , it was defeated in the House of Lords through the personal efforts of the King . The ministry was short - lived , and Burke was soon again in opposition . At this BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Side 8
... House for the use of violent language . With Fox and Sheridan , he attacked Warren Hastings , the Governor - General of India , and had the satisfaction of securing his impeachment by the House of Commons . The famous trial , which ...
... House for the use of violent language . With Fox and Sheridan , he attacked Warren Hastings , the Governor - General of India , and had the satisfaction of securing his impeachment by the House of Commons . The famous trial , which ...
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... House of Commons which he could control . Unfortunately , in the course of his effort to restore the influence of the Crown , the interests of the colonies became involved , and so badly were matters managed that the empire , so ...
... House of Commons which he could control . Unfortunately , in the course of his effort to restore the influence of the Crown , the interests of the colonies became involved , and so badly were matters managed that the empire , so ...
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Conciliation with the Colonies: The Speech by Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1915 |
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