Conciliation with the Colonies: The Speech by Edmund BurkeHoughton Mifflin, 1915 - 141 sider |
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Side 30
... peace- able measure . " On this boycott of English goods , enforced by local committees , was based the hope of resisting the en- croachments of the mother country . The work of the Congress did not meet from all classes with the hearty ...
... peace- able measure . " On this boycott of English goods , enforced by local committees , was based the hope of resisting the en- croachments of the mother country . The work of the Congress did not meet from all classes with the hearty ...
Side 31
... peace party who sought to pre- serve the unity of the empire and to prevent what they be- lieved to be an unnecessary and unnatural war . Proposals The petition and other papers of the Continental Congress were submitted to Parliament ...
... peace party who sought to pre- serve the unity of the empire and to prevent what they be- lieved to be an unnecessary and unnatural war . Proposals The petition and other papers of the Continental Congress were submitted to Parliament ...
Side 33
... peace ( 9 ) . VI . Burke's plan for securing peace , which is much simpler than Lord North's , derives one great ad- vantage from the fact that Lord North's has been ac- cepted ; the advantage , namely , that conciliation ( i.e. , the ...
... peace ( 9 ) . VI . Burke's plan for securing peace , which is much simpler than Lord North's , derives one great ad- vantage from the fact that Lord North's has been ac- cepted ; the advantage , namely , that conciliation ( i.e. , the ...
Side 45
... peace . Not peace through the medium of war ; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations ; not peace to arise out of universal discord fomented , from principle , in all parts of the empire ; not ...
... peace . Not peace through the medium of war ; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations ; not peace to arise out of universal discord fomented , from principle , in all parts of the empire ; not ...
Side 46
... peace amongst them . It does not in- stitute a magnificent auction of finance , where captivated provinces come to general ransom by bidding against each other , until you knock down the hammer , and determine a proportion of payments ...
... peace amongst them . It does not in- stitute a magnificent auction of finance , where captivated provinces come to general ransom by bidding against each other , until you knock down the hammer , and determine a proportion of payments ...
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Conciliation with the Colonies: The Speech by Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1915 |
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