 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 540 pages
...wise and sagacious to adopt them. "I will leave the taxation of the Americans," Walpole answered, " for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and less a friend to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me," he added, " during my... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...fight, and of still more doubtful poHcy. " I will leave the taxation of the Americans," said Walpole, " for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and are less friendly to commerce than I am." • After the termination of the French war, the... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1830 - 592 pages
...administrations, but never adopted or matured. ' I will leave the taxation of the Americans,' said Walpole, ' for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less a friend to commerce.' After the termination of the French war, it was deemed a favorable... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...colonies from the British empire. Like all other points of the English constitution, the precise limits of royal and parliamentary authority over the colonies...of the colonies * A scheme for taxing the colonies ivas proposed to sir R. Walpole. " I will leave that," said ne, " for some of my successors who may... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 620 pages
...In 1765 (March 22) the stamp act was passed ; and soon after a bill was brought in authorizing the quartering of troops in the colonies. These acts and...proposed to sir R. Walpole. " I will leave that," said ne, " for some of my successors who may have more courage than I nave, and be less a friend to commerce... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - United States - 1839 - 934 pages
...wise and sagacious to adopt them. 'I will leave the taxation of the Americans,' Walpole answered, ' for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less friendly to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me,' he added, ' during... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 516 pages
...Walpole's policy was of a different nature. " I will leave," said he, " the taxing of the British colonies for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less a friend to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me, during my administration,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1841 - 366 pages
...attributed to him towards the close of his ministry, and such, certainly, were his sentiments — " for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less a friend to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me," he added, "during my... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1841 - 510 pages
...Walpole's policy was of a different nature. " I will leave," said he, " the taxing of the British colonies for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I j.have, and be less a friend to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me, during my administration,... | |
 | Commerce - 1844 - 604 pages
...taxing the British colonies was mentioned to Sir Robert Walpole. "I will leave that," said the minister, "for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less a friend of commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me, during my administration,... | |
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It has been a maxim with me," he added, "during my administration, to encourage the trade of the American colonies to the utmost latitude: nay, it has been necessary to pass over some irregularities in their trade with Europe; for, by encouraging them... 
