 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 648 páginas
...demanded of Hampden on account of some of his estates in Buckinghamshire was but twenty shillings. But " the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made Hampden a slave," said Burke. So felt that immortal man, and from the first he resisted. For so doing... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 678 páginas
...demanded of Hampden on account of some of his estates in Buckinghamshire was but twenty shillings. But " the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made Hampden a slave," said Burke. So felt that immortal man, and from the first he resisted. For so doing... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 páginas
...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,...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 are unable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1869 - 584 páginas
...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,...the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slaye. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 páginas
...Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined his fortune ? No ; but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle on which it was demanded, would have made him a slave. Sir, if, in acting on these high motives —... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 páginas
...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,...principle it 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... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 páginas
...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,...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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 páginas
...Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined his fortune? No; but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle on which it was demanded, would have made him a slave. Sir, if, in acting on these high motives —... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 páginas
...called upon for the payment of twenty shillings.7 Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demand ed, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1877 - 582 páginas
...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,...preamble, of which you are so fond, and not the weight ~f the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear. It is, then, Sir, upon the principle... | |
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The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment... 
