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" Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only... "
The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]. - Page 508
edited by - 1828
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The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies; Or, An Enquiry Into the Objects and ...

James Stephen - 1802 - 356 pages
...alone. Jn legislation, the three " Estates of the Realm are alike concerned; but " the concurrence of the Peers and 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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The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the ..., Volume 2

Bryan Edwards - 1807 - 646 pages
...alone. In k-gis" lation, the three estates of the realm nre alike concerned : " but the concurrence of the peers and 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." It is unnecessary to say more...
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Annals of Great Britain: From the Ascension of George III, to the Peace of ...

Thomas Campbell - 1807 - 556 pages
...commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the kingdom are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax is only necessary to close with the form of a law: the gift and grant is of the commons alone. In ancient days, the crown,...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are plike concerned, but the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the commons alone. In ancient days, the crown,...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm ar<j alike concerned, but the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with"t form of a law. The gift and grant is of the alone. In ancient days, the crown, the barons,...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrency of the peers and the crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the commons alone. In ancient days, the crown,...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 470 pages
...Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with a form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone. In ancient days, the Crown,...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the reahu are alike concerned ; but the concurrency of the peers and the crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the commons alone. In ancient days, the crown,...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1813 - 726 pages
...Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned, but the concurrence of the peers and the crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone. In ancient days, the crown,...
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Reasons for Establishing a Registry of Slaves in the British Colonies: Being ...

African Institution (London, England), James Stephen - 1815 - 120 pages
...Commons alone. Jn legislation, the three estates of the realm are alike concerned; but the concurrence of the Peers, and 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." . , If this be not quite satisfactory,...
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