 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 - 1803Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1775 - 868 páginas
...made him a (lave. It is the weight qf that preamble, of which you are fofond, and not the weight of duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling...bear. It is then, Sir, upon the principle of this roeafure, arid nothing elfe, that we are at ilFue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1792 - 608 páginas
...ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No I but the payment of half twenty fhillings, on the principle it wns demanded, would have made him a flave. It is the weight...iflue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your Aft of 1767 aflerts, that it is expedient to raife a revenue in America ; your Ac1 of 1 769, which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 páginas
...Would twenty millings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty fhillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made...of this meafure, and nothing elfe, that we are at iffue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your act of 1767 aflerts, that it is expedient to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 604 páginas
...Would twenty millings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty fhillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made...of this meafure, and nothing elfe, that we are at iffue. It is a principle of political expediency. Your act of 1767 aflerts, that it is expedient to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 páginas
...Would twenty millings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ; but the payment of half twenty millings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made...that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear. Ibid. AMERICA (HOUSE OF COMMONS.) IT was in America that your refolutions were pre-declared. It was... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 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.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1816 - 540 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 - 1834 - 744 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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