Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... House to tax America , I was ill in bed . If I could have endured to be carried in my bed - so great was the ... House ; but I must beg the indulgence of the House to speak of it with freedom . I hope a day may soon be appointed to ...
... House to tax America , I was ill in bed . If I could have endured to be carried in my bed - so great was the ... House ; but I must beg the indulgence of the House to speak of it with freedom . I hope a day may soon be appointed to ...
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... House represents those Commons , the proprietors of the lands ; and those proprietors virtually represent the rest of the inhabitants . When , therefore , in this House we give and grant , we give and grant what is our own . But in an ...
... House represents those Commons , the proprietors of the lands ; and those proprietors virtually represent the rest of the inhabitants . When , therefore , in this House we give and grant , we give and grant what is our own . But in an ...
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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 aug- mented to a greater number ! Or ...
... 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 aug- mented to a greater number ! Or ...
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... house of Bourbon is united against you ; while France disturbs your fisheries in New- foundland , embarrasses your slave trade to Africa , and withholds from your subjects in Canada their property stipulated by treaty ; while the ransom ...
... house of Bourbon is united against you ; while France disturbs your fisheries in New- foundland , embarrasses your slave trade to Africa , and withholds from your subjects in Canada their property stipulated by treaty ; while the ransom ...
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... House , respecting the British colonies in America , a cause which comprehends almost every ques- tion relative to the common rights of mankind , almost every question of policy and legislation , it should be re- solved to proceed with ...
... House , respecting the British colonies in America , a cause which comprehends almost every ques- tion relative to the common rights of mankind , almost every question of policy and legislation , it should be re- solved to proceed with ...
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