 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 páginas
...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... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 páginas
...humiliated state until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor I 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 such a revenue. To close... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 518 páginas
...America. Instantly he was tied down to his engagements, and the whole body of courtiers drove him onward. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the...wise, is not given to men. However, he attempted it. He was truly the child of the house. He never thought, did, or said any thing, but with a view to you.... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 páginas
...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...To please universally was the object of his life; i but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. However, i he... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 516 páginas
...America. Instantly he was tied down to his engagements, and the whole body of courtiers drove him onward. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the...straits : to please universally was the object of bis life ; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. However,... | |
 | 1859 - 370 páginas
...of the Exchequer, found himself ID great straits. To please universally was the object of his Jife ;but to tax and to please, no more than to love and...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenues, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such revenue. To close... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 páginas
...please universally was the ohject of his life ; hut to tax and to please, no more than to lore and to he wise, is not given to men. However he attempted it. To render the tax palatahle to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamhle stating the necessity of such a... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 páginas
...America. Instantly he was tied down to his engagements, and the whole body of courtiers drove him onward. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the...wise, is not given to men. However, he attempted it. He was truly the child of the house. He never thought, did, or said any thing, but with a view to you.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 624 páginas
...paramount end and aim of this " candidate for contradictory honours." But, as Burke further observes — " To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men." * Like many other statesmen of his day, Charles Townshend had taught himself to make a great distinction... | |
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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. 
