A View of the History of Great Britain: During the Administration of Lord North, to the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament ... with Statements of the Public Expenditure in that Period, 2. стр.G. Wilkie, 1782 - 243 страница |
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... first lord of the admiralty , this important truft was committed , found his delinquency revealed , he eluded the refentment of his country by a fud- den death . The failors , who had been ever ready in former contefts to embark in a ...
... first lord of the admiralty , this important truft was committed , found his delinquency revealed , he eluded the refentment of his country by a fud- den death . The failors , who had been ever ready in former contefts to embark in a ...
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... first fettlement there , nor the answer given ; and the first of Lord Weymouth's Letters , which was dated September 12 , was marked No. 10. Neither did the papers laid before parliament , explain in what manner the negotiation had been ...
... first fettlement there , nor the answer given ; and the first of Lord Weymouth's Letters , which was dated September 12 , was marked No. 10. Neither did the papers laid before parliament , explain in what manner the negotiation had been ...
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... first magnitude . Against these motives for a pacific fyftem in Spain , may be placed the national character , haughty , vindictive and brave , which takes fire at any fuppofed infult , and renounces intereft at the call of honour ...
... first magnitude . Against these motives for a pacific fyftem in Spain , may be placed the national character , haughty , vindictive and brave , which takes fire at any fuppofed infult , and renounces intereft at the call of honour ...
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... first who regularly gra- tified the public with the debates of the fenate . Individuals . were frequently displeased with the liberty which was taken with their harangues , and were folicitous to confine their fentiments within the ...
... first who regularly gra- tified the public with the debates of the fenate . Individuals . were frequently displeased with the liberty which was taken with their harangues , and were folicitous to confine their fentiments within the ...
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... , than by violating the first principle of natural juftice , which forbids us to be judges , when we are parties to the cause . It was however the opinion of a very great majority D3 It [ 37 ] 1265, to the death of Queen Elizabeth, of ...
... , than by violating the first principle of natural juftice , which forbids us to be judges , when we are parties to the cause . It was however the opinion of a very great majority D3 It [ 37 ] 1265, to the death of Queen Elizabeth, of ...
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act of parliament addrefs adminiſtration Admiral Keppel affembly againſt America anſwer army becauſe bill Bofton Britain Britiſh buſineſs caufed cauſe Colonies command commiffion Company conduct confequence confiderable confifting conftitution court crown declared diſcharged Earl enemy England Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame feamen fecurity feemed feffion fent ferved fervice feven fhewed fhips fhould figned fince firft firſt fituation fleet fome foon force fpirit France French ftate fubject fuch fuffered fupply fupport furniſhed Governor Great-Britain himſelf houfe houſe of Commons iffued increaſe inftances intereft iſlands juftice King kingdom laft laſt Lord Clive Lord North Majefty meaſures millions minifter miniftry moft moſt nation neceffary notwithſtanding occafion oppofition paffed parliament perfons petition poffeffed poffeffion Port Egmont prefent propofed proteft provifions province puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented revenue ſaid ſeveral ſhips Spain ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand troops uſed whilft
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Страница 196 - If then the removal of the causes of this spirit of American liberty be, for the greater part, or rather entirely, impracticable ; if the ideas of criminal process be inapplicable, or if applicable, are in the highest degree inexpedient ; what way yet remains ? No way is open, but the third and last — to comply with the American spirit as necessary ; or, if you please, to submit to it as a necessary evil.
Страница 188 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Страница 156 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Страница 306 - I mean that for a limitation of the claims of the crown upon landed estates ; and this for the relief of the Roman Catholics. By the former he has emancipated property ; by the latter he has quieted conscience : and by both, he has taught that grand lesson to government and subject — no longer to regard each other as adverse parties.
Страница 338 - ... but when that country professes the unnatural design not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself and her resources to our enemies, the whole contest is changed ; and the question is, how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin and for the aggrandizement of France.
Страница 248 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her...
Страница 292 - Your efforts are for ever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling...
Страница 291 - France, my lords, has insulted you ; she has encouraged and sustained America ; and whether America be wrong or right, the dignity of this country ought to spurn at the officious insult of French interference. The ministers and...
Страница 111 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, do of right belong to the State.
Страница 111 - State. 2. That to appropriate acquisitions so made to the private emolument of persons intrusted with any civil or military power of the State is illegal. 3. That very great sums of money, and other valuable property have been acquired in Bengal from Princes and others of that country, by persons...