 Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.  Parliamentary speeches from 1761 to 1802 - 第 288 頁由 編輯 - 1810完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842 - 482 頁
...devotion to her in her favourite habitation — in her chosen temple — the House of Commons. ... To please universally was the object of his life ; but to tax and please, no more than to love and be wise, is not given to men. . . . He was truly the child of the... | |
 | 1845 - 554 頁
...in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the exchequer, found himself...attempted it. To render the" tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 頁
...in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the exchequer, found himself...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1850 - 304 頁
...their established prejudices with regard to internal taxation. L However, Burke has well said that "to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men." This fine-spun scheme of policy was received with even more indignation than had yet been expressed.... | |
 | 1851 - 560 頁
...their politics; or from any sequel or connexion in their ideas, what part they Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the exchequer, found himself...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 頁
...stood in a sort of humiliated state until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 558 頁
...in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the exchequer, found himself...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 頁
...stood in a sort of humiliated state until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself...attempted it. To render the tax palatable to | the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 552 頁
...in a sort of humiliated state, until something of the kind should be done. Here this extraordinary man, then chancellor of the exchequer, found himself...he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to the partisans of American revenue, he made a preamble stating the necessity of such a revenue. To close... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 978 頁
...done. Here this extraordinary man, then Chancelkn of the Exchequer, found himself in great strain | he honor, the liberties, the religion — the Prolnlant religion — of this country, against lore and to be wise, is not given to men. However. I he attempted it. To render the tax palatable to... | |
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