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 - Page 17by Edmund Burke - 2008 - 600 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Henry William Elson - History - 1904 - 1022 pages
...resolved not to pay. The feelings of the colonists are the same as those of Mr. Hampden when called on for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty...principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave." Samuel Adams and the Election of the First Congress. — The Massachusetts assembly was very anxious... | |
| Sherwin Cody - Orators - 1904 - 566 pages
...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...payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle on which it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which... | |
| Henry William Elson - United States - 1904 - 1020 pages
...resolved not to pay. The feelings of the colonists are the same as those of Mr. Ilampden when called on for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No 1 but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a... | |
| Henry William Elson - United States - 1905 - 404 pages
...resolved not to pay. The feelings of the colonists are the same as those of Mr. Hampden when called on for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty...principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave." Samuel Adams and the Election of the First Congress. — The Massachusetts assembly was very anxious... | |
| T. Dundas Pillans - Political science - 1905 - 214 pages
...ings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the " payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shil" lings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! " but the payment...was demanded, would have made him " a slave " It is then, Sir, upon the principle of this measure, " and nothing else, that we are at issue. It is a "... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1905 - 156 pages
...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! 30 but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him... | |
| William Peterfield Trent - American literature - 1905 - 572 pages
...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 acting on these high motives — if... | |
| Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 520 pages
...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 whichi it was demanded would have made him a slave. Sir, if in acting on these high motives, if... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1906 - 580 pages
...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. — V. generally love Assemblies, would never call them.... | |
| Watson Surr - 1907 - 240 pages
...were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of John Hampden when called upon for the payment 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... | |
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