 | 1900 - 292 strani
...to tax the Colonies ? ' exclaimed a Minister of one of the Stuarts.1 'We, your Majesty's Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what ? Our own property ? No. We give and grant to you the property of your Majesty's Commons in America ! It is an absurdity in terms.' The implication... | |
 | 1900 - 496 strani
...grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? " We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty" — what? Our own property! No! " We give grant to your Majesty " the property of your Majesty's commons of America ! It is an absurdity in terms.... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1901 - 302 strani
...grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do? We, your Majesty's Commons for great Britain, give and grant to your...property of your Majesty's Commons of America. It is an absurdity in terms. . . . The Commons of America, represented in their several Assemblies, have ever... | |
 | Walford Davis Green - 1901 - 488 strani
...gift and grant of the Commons alone. In an American tax, what do we do ? We, your Majesty's Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms. . . . There is an idea in some that the Colonies are virtually... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 450 strani
...grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do? "We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your...property of your Majesty's commons of America! It is an absurdity in terms. The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty.... | |
 | Violet Brooke-Hunt - 1902 - 442 strani
...grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax what do we do ? We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your...property of your Majesty's Commons of America. It is an absurdity in terms. I beg leave to move that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately... | |
 | Alpheus Henry Snow - 1902 - 672 strani
...give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do? We, your Majesty's Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. The distinction between legislation and taxation is necessary to liberty. The Crown, the... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1905 - 262 strani
...grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? \^e, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your...property of your Majesty's Commons of America. It is an absurdity in terms. " The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - 1905 - 482 strani
...duties and regulate trade. Said Pitt: "In an American tax, what do we do? We, your Majesty's commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty —...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms" ; and he "rejoiced that America had resisted." The majority,... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - 1913 - 470 strani
...what do we do? We, your Majesty's commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty—what? Our own property? No ! We give and grant to your Majesty the property of your Majesty's commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms" ; and he "rejoiced that America had resisted." The majority,... | |
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Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty — what? Our own property? No! We give and grant to your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons of America. It is an absurdity in terms. 
