 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.  Chambers's papers for the people - Page 9by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Charles Kendall Adams - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1884 - 346 pages
...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 and grant to your Majesty" the property of your Majesty's Commons of America ! It is an... | |
 | Percy Greg - United States - 1887 - 804 pages
...are a voluntary gift 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 ? Our own property ? No. We give and grant to your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1888 - 524 pages
...voluntary 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 ? Our own property ? No. We give and grant to your majesty the property of your majesty's commons in America. It is an absurdity... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - Statesmen - 1889 - 452 pages
...a part of that sovereign power." mons alone. In an American tax 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... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1889 - 454 pages
...a part of that sovereign power." mons alone. In an American tax 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... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - United States - 1893 - 582 pages
...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 and grant to your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - United States - 1893 - 592 pages
...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 and grant to your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1895 - 634 pages
...grant, we 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 and grant to Your Majesty, the property of Your Majesty's Commons of America." At the same... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1899 - 612 pages
...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 and grant to your Majesty " the property of your Majesty's commons of America ! It is an... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1900 - 286 pages
...of Commons 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... | |
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