 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1890 - 452 pages
...Would to God that respectable representation were augmented by a greater number! Or will you tell me that he is represented by any representative of a borough, a borough which perhaps no man ever saw? This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution; it cannot endure the century. If it does... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1896 - 522 pages
...whom an American is represented here I Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county of this kingdom ? Would to God that respectable representation...borough — a borough which, perhaps, no man ever saw ? This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It cannot endure the century. If it does... | |
 | 1899 - 616 pages
...virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county...representative of a borough ? a borough which, perhaps, its own representatives never saw! This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It cannot... | |
 | 1900 - 496 pages
...virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county...representative of a borough ? a borough which, perhaps, its own representatives never saw ! This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 450 pages
...virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county...representative of a borough? a borough which, perhaps its own representatives never saw ! This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 768 pages
...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...representative of a borough — a borough, which, perhaps, its own representative never saw? This is what is called ' the rotten part of the constitution.' It... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1905 - 262 pages
...knight of the shire, in any county of this kingdom? Would to God that respectable representation were augmented to a greater number ! Or will you tell him...representative of a borough ? — a borough which perhaps its own representatives never saw. This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It cannot... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 488 pages
...virtually represented in the House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire, in any county...representative of a borough ? a borough which, perhaps, its own representatives never saw! This is what is called the rotten part of the Constitution. It can... | |
 | Herbert Woodfield Paul - 1911 - 478 pages
...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...borough ? — a borough which perhaps no man ever saw. This is what is called the rotten part of the constitution. It cannot continue a century — if it... | |
 | Basil Williams - 1913 - 450 pages
...? ' Then, led by this train of thought to probe to the root of their own representative system — Would to God that respectable representation was augmented...representative of a borough — a borough which perhaps its own representatives never saw ? This is what is called ' the rotten part of the constitution.'... | |
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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 of the shire, in any county in this kingdom ? Would to God that respectable... 
