 Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded upon an erroneous principle.  William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - Page 170by Albert von Ruville - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Paul Allen - United States - 1822 - 624 pages
...And clap your padlock on her mind." Upon tbe whole, I will beg leave to tell the House in a few words what is really my opinion. It is, That the Stamp Act be repealed ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, anil IMMEDIATELY." After the debate on the motion for an Address was concluded, Mr. Grenville made... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...repeating them : Be to her faults a little blind : Be to her virtues very kind. " ' Upon the whole, I beg leave to tell the house what is really my opinion....be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately.' " Our second extract is one with which many of our readers are undoubtedly familiar. But those to whom... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...repeating them : Be to her faults a little blind : Be to her virtues very kind. " ' Upon the whole, I beg leave to tell the house what is really my opinion....be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately.' " Our second extract is one with which many of our readers are undoubtedly familiar. But those to whom... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Explorers - 1823 - 428 pages
...animosity and resentment will cease. Upon the whole I will beg leave to tell the house in few words what is really my opinion. It is, that the stamp act...be repealed absolutely, totally and immediately." On the 22d pf February, General Conway introduced a motion to repeal this act. The debate lasted until... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Indians of North America - 1824 - 524 pages
...repealing them : " Be to her faults a little blind ; Be to her virtues very kind." Upon the whole, T will beg leave to tell the house what is really my opinion. It is, that the stamp-act be repealed absolutely, totally ,A and immediately. That the reason for the repeal be assigned... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...affection be the only bond of coercion. Upon the whole I will beg leave to tell the House in a few words, act hereafter. In manhood we bear the fruit, which ha repealed~ABSOLUTELY--TOTALLT— and IMMEDIATELY. § 27. LORD CHATHAM on the Bill foi quartering Soldiers... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - United States - 1825 - 450 pages
...animosity and resentment will cease. Upon the whole I will beg leave to tell the house in few words what it really my opinion, it is, that the stamp act be repealed absolutely, totally and immediately." On the 22d of February, General Conway introduced a motion to repeal this act. The debate lasted until... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...first from the strongest side. Excuse their errors; learn to honour their virtues. Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the house what is really my opinion. I consider it most consistent with our dignity, most useful to our liberty, and in every respect the... | |
 | François-Xavier Martin - Constitutional history - 1829 - 450 pages
...act be repealed absolutely, totally and immediately, and the reason for the repeal he assigned was, because it was founded on an erroneous principle; at the same time that the sovereign authority of Great Britain over the colonies be asserted, in as strong terms as... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - United States - 1832 - 224 pages
...property of your commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms.' He concluded with giving his advice, ' that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally...immediately, that the reason for the repeal be assigned, that it was founded on an erroneous principle.' The approbation of this illustrious statesman, whose... | |
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