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" Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. "
The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best Speeches ... - Page 292
de William Hazlitt - 1809
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...humiliated state until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancclloi of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits....he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of snch a revenue. To close...
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The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. Cochrane

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...talked as if the king stood in a sort of humiliated state until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close...
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The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the ...

Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 pages
...talked as if the king stood in a sort of humiliated state until something of the kind should be done. ^ W + partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1880 - 552 pages
...talked as if the king stood in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close...
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American Taxation: A Speech, Delivered April 19, 1774

Edmund Burke - 1885 - 66 pages
...as if the King stood in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. 66. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits.66 To please universally was the object of his life ; but to tax and to please, no more than...
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The Wisdom of Burke: Extracts from His Speeches and Writings

Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 pages
...tongues have been exercised; the greatest spirits have acted and suffered.—Speech on Condl. with America. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor...more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.—Speech on Amer. Taxation. CONFISCATION UNJUST AND IMPOLITIC. When men are encouraged to go into...
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Treasury of Irish Eloquence: Being a Compendium of Irish Oratory and Literature

1887 - 958 pages
...talked as if the king stood in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the...great straits. To please universally was the object 7GG TREASURl Ot i .OQUENCE, of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to lore and tu be wise,...
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Speeches on the American War: And Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol

Edmund Burke - 1891 - 264 pages
...something of the kind should be done. Here, this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the ex10 chequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he had a preamble stating 15 the necessity of such a revenue. To close...
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Two Speeches on Conciliation with America: And Two Letters on Irish Questions

Edmund Burke - 1892 - 294 pages
...talked as if the king stood in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he had a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1892 - 402 pages
...obtain the excuse of affection ; for that it is not granted to man to lore and to be wise." Cf. Burke, "To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to man.' 35. with the reciproque, with a return of love. Seciproque in the line above means mutual. 36....
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