 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 It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded upon an erroneous principle.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
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...repeating them, — 4 Be to her faults a little blind ; Be to her virtues very kind.' "Upon the whole, ere able to count upon this concession from the company. It was a silent contract between rcjc.ileJ, abmJutrly, In/ally, and immediately. That the reason for the repeal be assigned, because... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1852 - 90 pages
...wronged ; they have been driven to madness. I will beg leave to tell the House in a few words that is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed, absolutely, totally, and immediately. " It was repealed. Within less than a year from its original passage, denounced and discredited, it... | |
 | Carlo Botta - United States - 1852 - 974 pages
...first from the strongest side. Excuse their errors ; learn to honor 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 onr liberty, and in every respect the... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...blind; Be to her virtues very kind." ^/ Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and inimediresistcd the disposition of George II. to engage in wars on the Continent. But when things had... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...little blind ; Be to her virtues very kind." Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediresisted the disposition of George II. to engage in wars on the Continent. But when things had... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...little blind; Be to her virtues very kind." Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediresisted the disposition of George II. to engage in wars on the Continent. But when things had... | |
 | Charles James Fox, Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1853 - 570 pages
...concluded with this advice : "Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is precisely my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed,...immediately. That the reason for the repeal be assigned, that it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this... | |
 | John Russell Smith - America - 1853 - 232 pages
...Third Edition. 2* 1766 2001 POLITICAL DEBATES. 8vo. la 6d Paris (ie London}, 1766 " Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act he repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately." — THE GREAT COMMONER, Motto on title-page. 2002... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 416 pages
...tell the House what is precisely 'my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed abso' lutely , totally , and immediately. That the reason for the 'repeal be assigned, because it was founded on an erro' ueous principle. At the same time let the sovereign autho'rity of this country over the Colonies... | |
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