Speech ... on American taxation1775 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
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Pàgina 12
... obeyed , to be ut- terly infufficient for their purpose . You are therefore at this mo- ment in the aukward fituation of fighting for a phantom ; a quid- dity ; a a thing that wants , not only a fubftance , but even a name ; for a thing ...
... obeyed , to be ut- terly infufficient for their purpose . You are therefore at this mo- ment in the aukward fituation of fighting for a phantom ; a quid- dity ; a a thing that wants , not only a fubftance , but even a name ; for a thing ...
Pàgina 16
... obeyed folely from refpect to the bayonet ; and that this houfe , the ground and pillar of freedom , is itself held up only by the under - pinning and clumfy buttreffes of arbitrary power ? If this dignity , which is to ftand in the ...
... obeyed folely from refpect to the bayonet ; and that this houfe , the ground and pillar of freedom , is itself held up only by the under - pinning and clumfy buttreffes of arbitrary power ? If this dignity , which is to ftand in the ...
Pàgina 22
... obeyed . But if you take the colonies through , I affirm , ' that its authority never was difputed ; that it was no where dif- puted for any length of time ; and on the whole , that it was well obferved . Wherever the act preffed hard ...
... obeyed . But if you take the colonies through , I affirm , ' that its authority never was difputed ; that it was no where dif- puted for any length of time ; and on the whole , that it was well obferved . Wherever the act preffed hard ...
Pàgina 39
... obeyed the requifition . I know the mode has been chi- caned upon ; but it was fubftantially obeyed : and much better obeyed , than I fear the parliamentary requifition of this feffion will be , though enforced by all your rigour , and ...
... obeyed the requifition . I know the mode has been chi- caned upon ; but it was fubftantially obeyed : and much better obeyed , than I fear the parliamentary requifition of this feffion will be , though enforced by all your rigour , and ...
Pàgina 44
... obeying , and called again without o bedience ; what troops fent out to quell refiftance , and on meet- ing that refiftance , recalled ; what shiftings , and changes , and jumblings of all kinds of men at home , which left no ...
... obeying , and called again without o bedience ; what troops fent out to quell refiftance , and on meet- ing that refiftance , recalled ; what shiftings , and changes , and jumblings of all kinds of men at home , which left no ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
act of navigation addrefs adminiſtration affemblies affertion affure againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe British buſineſs cauſe Charles Townshend chooſe colonies commerce conceffion confequence confideration confiftent declaratory act defire diftinction diſturbances duties England eſtabliſhed faid fame fecure feemed feffion fhall fhew fhould fide fince fituation fole fome fomething fpeech fpirit friends ftamp ftamp-act ftand ftate ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure fyftem Gentleman Governor Great-Britain himſelf honour houfe houſe impofe juft juſt laft laſt laws leaſt lenitive Lord Chatham Lord Hillsborough Lord North Lord Rockingham Majefty meaſures minifters miniftry moft moſt muſt neceffary never noble Lord occafion oppofition paffed parliament perfon pleaſe preamble prefent preferve principle promifed purpoſe queſtion racters raiſed reaſon refiftance refolution refpect repeal repreſented requifition revenue in America ſay ſcheme ſeem ſome ſtand ſtate ſuch taxation taxes thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion trade ufual underſtanding uſed whilft
Passatges populars
Pàgina 24 - With a masculine understanding," and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business not as a duty which he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy...
Pàgina 47 - Be content to bind America by laws of trade, you have always done it. Let this be your reason for binding their trade. Do not burthen them by taxes ; you were not used to do so from the beginning. Let this be your reason for not taxing. These are the arguments of states and kingdoms. Leave the rest to the schools ; for there only they may be discussed with safety.
Pàgina 33 - I knew well enough (it could not be concealed from any body) the true state of things ; but, in my life, I never came with so much spirits into this house. It was a time for a man to act in. We had powerful enemies ; but we had faithful and determined friends ; and a glorious cause.
Pàgina 24 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Pàgina 34 - When, at length you had determined in their favour, and your doors, thrown open, showed them the figure of their deliverer in the well-earned triumph of his important victory, from the whole of that grave multitude there arose an involuntary burst of gratitude and transport.
Pàgina 51 - I had rather bear the brunt of all his wit, and, indeed, blows much heavier, than stand answerable to God for embracing a system that tends to the destruction of some of the very best and fairest of His works. But I know the map of England as well as the noble lord, or as any other person ; and I know that the way I take is not the road to preferment.
Pàgina 34 - I do not know how others feel ; but if I had stood in that situation, I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow.
Pàgina 44 - ... in their ideas, what part they were going to take in any debate. It is astonishing how much this uncertainty, especially at critical times, called the attention of all parties on such men.
Pàgina 42 - We are this day considering the effect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause ; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame — a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Pàgina 44 - ... they rebellowed from the other; and that party, to whom they fell at length from their tremulous and dancing balance, always received them in a tempest of applause.