 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
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 678 pages
...demanded of Hampden on account of some of his estates in Buckinghamshire was but twenty shillings. But " the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made Hampden a slave," said Burke. So felt that immortal man, and from the first he resisted. For so doing... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 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...made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, VOL. II. 2 of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1869 - 584 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...the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slaye. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 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, in acting on these high motives —... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampdeii, when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would...principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave ! 3. It is the weight of that preamble, of which yon are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 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 ! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 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, in acting on these high motives —... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1874 - 652 pages
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 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampdcn when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings.7 away with it. I will not pretend to specify the secret...invited to support an administration which Lord B demand ed, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble, of which you are so fond,... | |
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