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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... "
The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Page 17
by Edmund Burke - 2008 - 600 pages
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History of the United States of America

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...
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A Selection from the World's Great Orations Illustrative of the History of ...

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...
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History of the United States of America, Volume 2

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...
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History of the United States of America, Volume 2

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...
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Edmund Burke, Apostle of Justice and Liberty

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 "...
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Burke's Speech on American Taxation

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...
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Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse

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...
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Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 12

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...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 5

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....
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"Airy Nothings."

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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