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" House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire in any county in this kingdom? Would to God that respectable representation was augmented to a greater number! "
Annals of Great Britain: From the Ascension of George III, to the Peace of ... - Page 123
by Thomas Campbell - 1807
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The Army and Navy of America: Containing a View of the Heroic Adventures ...

Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...equally legislative powers with the commons ? If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers, have rights in taxation as well as yourselves...whenever the principle can be supported by power. THE ARMY AND NAVY. " There is an idea in some, that the Americans are virtually represented in this...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1845 - 558 pages
...equally legislative powers with the commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves; rights which they will claim, \vhich they will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by power. presented in the house....
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History of Schoharie County: And Border Wars of New York; Containing Also a ...

Jeptha Root Simms - Germans - 1845 - 686 pages
...own, but can we give and grant the property of the Commons of America ? It is an absurdity in terms. There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in this House. I would fain know by whom ? The idea of virtual representation is the most contemptible...
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Library of Oratory: Embracing Select Speeches of Celebrated ..., Volume 3

Great Britain - 1845 - 554 pages
...equally legislative powers with the commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves; rights which they wul claim, which they will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by power. There is an...
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The History of England, from the Accession of George III., 1760 ..., Volume 1

Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 546 pages
...equally legislative powers with the commons : if taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown and the peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves;...whenever the principle can be supported by power. He then combated the arguments of those who asserted that an inhabitant of America was represented...
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The Cabinet History of England: Being an Abridgment, by the ..., Volumes 17-18

Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1846 - 472 pages
...earlier period, and more by Pitt himself in conversation and in letters. " There is," said he, "an idea that the colonies are virtually represented in the...American is represented here ? Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county in this kingdom ? Would to God that respectable representation...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham in the Houses of ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1848 - 208 pages
...equally legislative powers with the Commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the Crown and the Peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves ; rights which they claim, which they will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by power. " There is an idea...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine to which is Added, the ...

1851 - 560 pages
...equally legislative powers with the commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves;...virtually represented in the house. I would fain know bv whom an American ia represented here ? Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county...
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The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical ..., Volume 9

Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1851 - 476 pages
...earlier period, and more by Pitt himself in conversation and in letters. " There is," said he, " an idea that the colonies are virtually represented in the...American is represented here ? Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county in this kingdom ? Would to God that respectable representation...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 5

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 570 pages
...sup" ported by might. " There is an idea in some that the colonies are " virtually represented in this House. I would " fain know by whom an American is represented " here? Is he represented by any knight of the " shire in any county in the kingdom ? Would " to God that respectable representation...
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