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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... regulations made thereby , were , that instead of bringing the merits of a contefted election before a general committtee of the house , upon a petition being received , a day fhould be appointed to hear the merits , and for the ...
... regulations made thereby , were , that instead of bringing the merits of a contefted election before a general committtee of the house , upon a petition being received , a day fhould be appointed to hear the merits , and for the ...
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... regulations established by this act , effectually pre- vented powerful interest and personal partiality determining the fate of a controverted election , without regarding the merits of the cafe , or the conduct of the candidates . Such ...
... regulations established by this act , effectually pre- vented powerful interest and personal partiality determining the fate of a controverted election , without regarding the merits of the cafe , or the conduct of the candidates . Such ...
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... regulations . Whilft a time of peace was ne- ceffary to effect these objects at home , it was ftill more requifite , for pursuing the measures which were thought expedient to bring the American colonies under due fubordination to the ...
... regulations . Whilft a time of peace was ne- ceffary to effect these objects at home , it was ftill more requifite , for pursuing the measures which were thought expedient to bring the American colonies under due fubordination to the ...
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... reftrictions , as to the regulation of the troops , whilst in England , were propofed ; but , after the bill had been twice read , read , a great majority in favour of it , [ 50 ] arms, must be held by the fame means, ...
... reftrictions , as to the regulation of the troops , whilst in England , were propofed ; but , after the bill had been twice read , read , a great majority in favour of it , [ 50 ] arms, must be held by the fame means, ...
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... regulations fo ill calculated to answer the purposes for which they are made : and we make this proteft , that it may stand recorded to that posterity , which may fuffer from the mischievous confequences of this act , that we have no ...
... regulations fo ill calculated to answer the purposes for which they are made : and we make this proteft , that it may stand recorded to that posterity , which may fuffer from the mischievous confequences of this act , that we have no ...
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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...