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English: Identifier: treasuryofirishe00mprp

Title: Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: M., P. R P. R. M Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., English English prose literature Publisher: Boston, Mass., Murphy & McCarthy Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

Text Appearing After Image: ... >>e - HON. EDMUND BURKE. Speech on American Taxation. On the 19th April, 1774, Mr. Rose Fuller, member for Eye, proposed in the House-of Commons that the House should proceed to take into consideration the duty of3d. per lb., imposed under the Act of 17U7, on tea imported into America. It ^vason this occasion that Burke, then member for the borough of Wendover, doliveredthe following spcocli — an oration wliicli contains some of the most splendid pas-sages in the English language. It was marked witli such encigy, tliat it roused theattention of the House, thougli spoken at a very late period in the debate. It issaid tliat Lord John Towusheud, struck by tlie remarkable beauty of one passage,cried aloud, What a man is this ! how couldhe acquire sucli transcendent powers.The speech was published under the orators supervision, in compliance witli thepublic wish. Few literary efforts have given evidence of the possession of so muchpower of sarcasm, as the description of the coa

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