| English literature - 1766 - 520 pages
...faith of the genuinenefs of this fpcech is a little Jhocked, efpecially as we were told before, that the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax is only neceftary to dole with the form of a law. If thefe were the real words of the honourable gentleman,... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1780 - 700 pages
...The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant »l the commons alone. In legiflation the three eftates uf the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax, is only neceflary to clofe with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the commons aloiic. In ancient... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1786 - 376 pages
...— The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant .of the Commons alone. In legiflation the three eftates of the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only neceflary to clofe with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons, alone. In antient... | |
| John Almon, William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1792
...— The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legiflation the three eftates of the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only neceftaty to clofe with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone. In ancient days,... | |
| John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
...The taxes are a voluntary « gift and grant of the Commons alone. In * legiflation the three eftates of the realm are * alike concerned, but the concurrence of ' the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only « neceflary to clofe with the form of a law , ' The gift and grant is of the Commons * alone. In ancient... | |
| John Almon - Great Britain - 1797 - 550 pages
...— The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legiflation the three eftates of the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only neceflary to clofe with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone. In ancient days,... | |
| John Almon - Great Britain - 1797 - 394 pages
...power. The taxes are a voluntluy gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legiflation the three eftates of the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only ne». ceflary to clofe with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone. la ancient... | |
| Bryan Edwards - Islands of the Atlantic - 1801 - 650 pages
...power. Taxes are " a voluntary gift and grant of the commons alone. In legif" htion, the three eftates of the realm are alike concerned : " but the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax, " is only neceflary to clothe it in the form of a law. The •' gift and grant is of the commons alone." It is... | |
| James Stephen - Black people - 1802 - 356 pages
...Taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of ' " the Commons alone. Jn legislation, the three " Estates of the Realm are alike concerned; but " the concurrence...the Crown " to a tax, is only necessary to clothe it in the " form of a law. The gift and grant is of " the Commons alone *. The Declaratory Act therefore... | |
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