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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... "
The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day - Page 321
by John Burk - 1805
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...property ? No. We give and grant to your Majesty, the property of your Majesty's Commons ot America. It is an absurdity in terms. ^ There is an idea in some,...represented in 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...
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Annals of Great Britain: From the Ascension of George III, to the Peace of ...

Thomas Campbell - Great Britain - 1807 - 556 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 a knight...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...give and grant what is our own ; but can we give and grant the property of the commons of America ? It is an absurdity in terms. There is an idea in some,...most contemptible that ever entered into the head of man : it does not deserve a serious refutation. The commons in America, represented in their several...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 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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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 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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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 7

Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...what is our own; but can we give and grant the property of the commons of America ? It is an ab-urdity in terms. There is an idea in some, that the colonies...represented in this house ? I would fain know by whom f The idea of •virtual representation is the most conIt-mptible that ever entered into the head uf...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1809 - 608 pages
...rights 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 this house. I would fain know by \vhom an American is represented here ? Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county...
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Parliamentary speeches from 1761 to 1802

William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 612 pages
...legislative powers with the commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers, 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 ? Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county in this...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 470 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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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 474 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 \vould fain know by whom an American is represented here? Is he represented by any knight...
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