| English literature - 1766 - 754 pages
...they leave all meafores of right and wrong, to follow a defafioD ib. t may lead to deflrucVion. Ic Ę my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the fame time, I aflčrt the authority of this kingdom orer the colonies, to be fovereign and foprcme, in every circumftar.ceof... | |
| 1741 - 832 pages
...light, they lofe all fight of right and wrong, by following* a delufion which muft lead to deftru&ion. " It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax on the colonies ; at the fame time I aflert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be fovereign... | |
| English literature - 1766 - 520 pages
...honourable gentleman then enters fully into the merits of the ttamp-aft, and declares it to be his opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. He is of opinion, that taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power, and that the taxes... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1780 - 700 pages
...light, they leave all meafures of right and wrong, to follow a dclufion that may lead to deftruction. It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the fame time, I aflert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies, to be fovereign and fuprcme, in every circumftance... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1786 - 376 pages
...of right and wrong, to follow a delufion that may lead to deftruction. It is my opinion that; tills kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the Colonies. At the fame time, I affcrt the authority of this kingdom over the Colonies, to be fovereign and fupreme, in every cir?umftance... | |
| John Almon, William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1792
...right and wrong, to fol'ow adelufion that may lead to deftruction. It is my opinion, that this kinrdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the fame time, I aflert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be fovereign and fupreme in every circumftance... | |
| John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
...they leave all meafures of * right and wrong, to follow a delufion that * may lead to deftruction. It is my opinion, ' that this kingdom has no right...fame time, I ' affert the authority of this kingdom over « the colonies, to befovereign and fupreme, in* every circumftance of government and le-- ' giflation... | |
| John Almon - Great Britain - 1797 - 550 pages
...light, they leave all meafures of right and wrong, to follow a delufion that may lead to definition. It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the fame time, I aflert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies, to be fovereign and fupreme, in every circumftance... | |
| John Dickinson - Constitutional law - 1801 - 468 pages
...following extract^ will shew how positive and general were his assertions of our right. " h is tny opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies." — " The Americans are the sons, not the hastards of England. Taxation is no part of the governing... | |
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