 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...  The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Pagina 17door Edmund Burke - 2008 - 600 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1779 - 610 pagina’s
...highway, it is not the two-pence loft that makes the capital out• rage.' « Would twenty fhillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's ' fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty fhillings, on the « principle it was demanded, would have made him a flave.' - See Mr. fiurke's fpeechesin... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 604 pagina’s
...feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty Ihillings. 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 him a flave. It is the weight of that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pagina’s
...feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty fhillings. 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 him a flave. It is the weight of that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pagina’s
...feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty fhillings. 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 him a flave. It is the weight of that preamble,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pagina’s
...robbed of a trifle on the highway, it is not the two-pence lost that makes the capital outrage." " Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune...shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would haTcmadehim a sla've" See Mr. Burke's speeches in 1774 and 1775. BV t Nuva Scotia, Georgia, the Flotidas,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 pagina’s
...two-pence lost (hat makes the capital outrage." " Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. lUmpden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings,...on the principle it was demanded, would have made hire tlsve " See Mr. Burke's speeches in 1774 and 1175. BV t Nova Scotia. Georgia, the Florida!, aud... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pagina’s
...is robbed of a trifle on the highway, it is not the two-pence lost that makes the capital outrage. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune?...principle it was demanded, -would have made him a slave.'' See Mr. Burke's speeches in 1774 and 1775. BV * Nova Scotia, Georgia, the Floridas, and Canada. think... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1832 - 916 pagina’s
...Hampden to resist the payment of a tax of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined liis fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle on which it was demanded, would have made him a slave. If in acting on these high motives — if animated... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 pagina’s
...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...slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you arc so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear. It... | |
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