 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...be supported by power. There is an idea in some that the colonies are rirtually represented in the y. The people are, I believe, (Jod that respectable representation was augmented to a greater number. Or will you tell him that he... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 660 pages
...majesty's Commons of America. It is an absurdity in terms." . . . . " There is," he continued, " an idea that the colonies are virtually represented in this...an American is represented here. Is he represented here by any knight of the shire, in any county of this kingdom? Would to God that respectable representation... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...which they will claim, which they will exercise, whenever the principle can be support«! by power. There is an idea in some that the colonies are virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1254 pages
...touched upon great principles that extended beyond this question of taxing the American Colonies : " There is an idea in some that the Colonies are virtually...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 this kingdom ? Would... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Forensic orations - 1880 - 552 pages
...which they will claim, which »bey will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by powej. There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in the house. I would fain know bv whom an American is represented here ? Is he represented by any knight... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...of Parliament to tax the American colonies, in December, 1765, Pitt made the following remarks : " There is an idea in some that the colonies are virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - Great Britain - 1882 - 446 pages
...him, in a speech against the American Stamp Act, making use of the following memorable expressions : 'There is an idea in some that the colonies are virtually...respectable representation was augmented to a greater number I Or will you tell him that he is represented by any representative of a borough ; a borough which... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1883 - 524 pages
...grant to 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 represented in this house. They never have been represented at all in parliament ; they were not even virtually represented at... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1884 - 686 pages
...the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. There is an idea in some that the colonies are virtually represented in this House. I would fain knowby whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire in any county... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1884 - 346 pages
...which they will claim, which they will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by power. There is an idea in some that the colonies are virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight... | |
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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... 
