 | George III (King of Great Britain) - 1867 - 446 pàgines
...endured to have been carried in my bed, so great " was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would " have solicited some kind hand to have laid...this " floor, to have borne my testimony against it." In February, 1766, Franklin was examined at the bar of the House. He declared that "the authority of... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 624 pàgines
...to have been carried in my bed — so great was the agitation in my mind for the consequences — I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me...on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it."f He then, in the most powerful and emphatic language, delivered it as his settled conviction that,... | |
 | Duncan Campbell - 1873 - 566 pàgines
...endured to have been carried in my bed — so great was the agitation of my mind in consequence — I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me...this floor to have borne my testimony against it. The justice, the equity, the policy of this measure I shall leave to another time, but since I cannot... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1873 - 498 pàgines
...Grenville, his wife's brother], he said, " every capital measure they have taken has been entirely wrong." " This Kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies." Grenville delivered an elaborate defence of the Stamp Act. Pitt fell upon him fiercely. " The gentleman... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 538 pàgines
...in my bed — so great was my agitation for the consequences — I would have had some kind hand t have laid me down on this floor to have borne my testimony against it. It !»<w an Act that has passed." But he knew that a ministry had meanwhile come into power who were disposed... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pàgines
...endured to be carlied in my bed — so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences — I as sev. era! now an act that has passed. I would speak with decency of every act of this Hoose ; but I must beg... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - 1875 - 746 pàgines
...light, they leave all measures of right and wrong, to follow a delusion that may lead to destruction. It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies — to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. They... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1875 - 412 pàgines
...have endured to be carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on the floor, to have borne my testimony against it." — Parliamentary History, vol. cxvi. p. 98. The... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 614 pàgines
...endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me...floor, to have borne my testimony against it. It is now an act that has passed. I would speak with decency of every act of this house, but I must beg indulgence... | |
 | Sarah M S. Pereira - 1876 - 388 pàgines
...endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me...floor, to have borne my testimony against it. It is now an Act that has passed. I would speak with decency of every Act of this House, but I must beg indulgence... | |
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House to tax America, I was ill in bed. If I could have endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony... 
