Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of... The Works of ... Edmund Burke - Página 363de Edmund Burke - 1803Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Edmund Burke - 2005 - 848 páginas
...it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear. THE ISSUE ON THE PRINCIPLE. 105 The manner of proceeding in the duties on paper and glass, imposed... | |
| Edmund Burke - 2008 - 602 páginas
...was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which, you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans...bear. It is, then, Sir, upon the principle of this measure, and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your act... | |
| Edmund Burke - 2008 - 602 páginas
...it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans...bear. It is, then, Sir, upon the principle of this measure, and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your act... | |
| 254 páginas
...it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans...bear. It is then, Sir, upon the principle of this measure, 15 and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your... | |
| Frederick Hiram Clark - 1888 - 470 páginas
...said the noble-minded Burke, defending the rights of Americans on the floor of the House of Commons, " and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear." (Read the oration of Edmund Burke on American Taxation.)] 234. Organization in America for fresh resistance... | |
| Unesco - 1888 - 462 páginas
...said the noble-minded Burke, defending the rights of Americans on the floor of the House of Commons, "and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear." (Read the oration of Edmund Burke on American Taxation.)] 234. Organization in America for fresh resistance... | |
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