 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
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 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 are unable and unwilling to bear. You are, therefore, at this moment, in the awkward situation of fighting for a phantom; a thing that... | |
 | 1859 - 370 páginas
...was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you lire so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are' unable and unwilling to bear. They tell you, sir, that your dignity is tied to it. I know not how it happens, but this dignity of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 páginas
...it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamhle, of which you are so t a considerahle variation among the individuals; and as it unahle and unwilling to hear. It is then, Sir, upon the principle of this measure, and nothing else,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 páginas
...demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, VOL. II. 2 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... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 páginas
...was demanded, would have made him a slave ! 3. It is the weight of that preamble, of which yon are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear. You are, therefore, at this moment, in the awkward situation of fighting for a phantom ; a quiddity;... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 418 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. 11. It is, then, sir, upon the principle of this measure, and nothing else, that we are at issue. It... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 páginas
...was demand ed, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so ainst this unhappy act, and that freedom has become...hear the liberty of speech in thii-Houso imputed as a measure, and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your act... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 páginas
...it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are eo the mistake ; they had no oil in their lumps — measure, and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your Act... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 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... | |
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