The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural society. An essay on the sublime and beautiful. Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell & sons, 1889 |
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... act of navigation pursued , and the plan improved - and the trade for bullion rendered free , secure , and permanent by the act for opening certain ports in Dominica and Jamaica . That administration was the first which proposed and en ...
... act of navigation pursued , and the plan improved - and the trade for bullion rendered free , secure , and permanent by the act for opening certain ports in Dominica and Jamaica . That administration was the first which proposed and en ...
Page 264
... navigation laws ? Does he mean , that the particu- ar law , 12 Car . II . c . 19 , commonly called " The Act of Navigation " is to be adhered to , and that the several subse- 1 P. 39 . Some quent additions , amendments , and exceptions ...
... navigation laws ? Does he mean , that the particu- ar law , 12 Car . II . c . 19 , commonly called " The Act of Navigation " is to be adhered to , and that the several subse- 1 P. 39 . Some quent additions , amendments , and exceptions ...
Page 403
... act of navigation until 1764. Why ? because men do bear the inevitable constitution of their original nature with all its infirmities . The act of navigation attended the colonies from their infancy , grew with their growth , and ...
... act of navigation until 1764. Why ? because men do bear the inevitable constitution of their original nature with all its infirmities . The act of navigation attended the colonies from their infancy , grew with their growth , and ...
Page 407
... act of navigation . He has often professed it to be so . The policy of that act is , I readily admit , in many respects , well understood . But I do say , that if the act be suffered to run the full length of its principle , and is not ...
... act of navigation . He has often professed it to be so . The policy of that act is , I readily admit , in many respects , well understood . But I do say , that if the act be suffered to run the full length of its principle , and is not ...
Page 436
... act of navigation when it ought to be enforced . You will your- selves open it where it ought still further to be opened . Pro- ceed in what you do , whatever you do , from policy , and not from rancour . Let us act like men , let us act ...
... act of navigation when it ought to be enforced . You will your- selves open it where it ought still further to be opened . Pro- ceed in what you do , whatever you do , from policy , and not from rancour . Let us act like men , let us act ...
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