Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress
by [JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784]
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London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo. [4], 91pp. Half title. Bound to style in half calf and marbled paper covered boards.
One of the most famous pamphlets of the Revolution.
Second edition, published the same year as the first, of this famous political pamphlet by lexicographer Samuel Johnson. This edition includes a number of textual changes from the first, and is also easily distinguished from the first by differing press marks. Written in response to the opening rumblings of the American Revolution, Johnson's acerbic pamphlet was published at the height of his popularity and fame. He writes of the Americans: "That it is their duty to pay the cost of their own safety they seem to admit; nor do they refuse their contribution to the exigencies, whatever they may be, of the British empire; but they make this participation of the public burden a duty of very uncertain extent, and imperfect obligation, a duty temporary, occasional and elective, of which they reserve to themselves the right of settling the degree, the time, and the duration, of judging when it may be required, and when it has been performed." This pamphlet elicited many responses, and doubtless further spurred the cause of the Revolution.
ESTC T141339; Sabin 36303; American Controversy 75-69b; Courtney & Smith, p.125; Reese, Revolutionary Hundred 26.
One of the most famous pamphlets of the Revolution.
Second edition, published the same year as the first, of this famous political pamphlet by lexicographer Samuel Johnson. This edition includes a number of textual changes from the first, and is also easily distinguished from the first by differing press marks. Written in response to the opening rumblings of the American Revolution, Johnson's acerbic pamphlet was published at the height of his popularity and fame. He writes of the Americans: "That it is their duty to pay the cost of their own safety they seem to admit; nor do they refuse their contribution to the exigencies, whatever they may be, of the British empire; but they make this participation of the public burden a duty of very uncertain extent, and imperfect obligation, a duty temporary, occasional and elective, of which they reserve to themselves the right of settling the degree, the time, and the duration, of judging when it may be required, and when it has been performed." This pamphlet elicited many responses, and doubtless further spurred the cause of the Revolution.
ESTC T141339; Sabin 36303; American Controversy 75-69b; Courtney & Smith, p.125; Reese, Revolutionary Hundred 26.
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- Donald Heald Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress
- Author
- [JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784]
- Format/Binding
- 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1775
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