 I had the honor to serve His Majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at their breasts, in the day of their distress, perhaps the Americans would have submitted to the imposition;...  Correspondence of William Pitt - Pagina 348door William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...imposition ; but it would have been taking an ungenerous, an unjust advantage. The gentleman boasts of his bounties to America ! Are not these bounties intended... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to bum my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...imposition ; but it would have been taking an ungenerous, an unjust advantage. The gentleman boasts of his bounties to America ! Are not these bounties intended... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...imposition ; but it would have been taking an ungenerous, an unjust advantage. The gentleman boasts of his bounties to America ! Are not these bounties intended... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 474 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his Majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...gentleman boasts of his bounties to America! Are not these bounties intended finally for the benefit of this kingdom ? If thev are not, he has misapplied... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 470 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his Majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...gentleman boasts of his bounties to America ! Are not these bounties intended finally for the benefit of this kingdom ? If they are not, he has misapplied... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...imposition; but it would have been taking an ungenerous, an unjust advantage. The gentleman boastsof bis bounties to America f Are not these bounties intended... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 pagina’s
...Chatham; yet, he is reported to have spoken in parliament in 1776, in this strain: "*" There were not wanting some, when I had the honour to serve his majesty,...have been taking an ungenerous and unjust advantage. A great deal has been said without doors, of the power, of the strength of America. It is a topic that... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...gentleman boasts of his bounties to America. Are not these bounties intended finally for the benefit of this kingdom ? If they are not, he has misapplied... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pagina’s
...had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to burn my fingers with an American stamp act. With the enemy at their back, with our bayonets at...gentleman boasts of his bounties to America. Are not these bounties intended finally for the benefit of this kingdom ? If they are not, he has misapplied... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1824 - 524 pagina’s
...there were wanting some, when I had the honour to serve his majesty, to propose to me to burn my finger with an American stamp-act. With the enemy at their...imposition ; but it would have been taking an ungenerous, an unjust advantage. The gentleman boasts of his bounties to America ! Are not these bounties intended... | |
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