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, صفحة 2G. Wilkie, 1782 - 243 من الصفحات |
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... These confiderations might have led the Au- thor to suppress , for fome years , the latter part of this History , ( which he has long been forming with fome degree of laborious research ) if the posture of public affairs did not appear ...
... These confiderations might have led the Au- thor to suppress , for fome years , the latter part of this History , ( which he has long been forming with fome degree of laborious research ) if the posture of public affairs did not appear ...
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... these kingdoms , though critical , is refpectable ; fince the bravery and fkill of our commanders by fea and land , that native hardiness and contempt of danger which characterise our feamen and foldiers , have fuffered no decay , and ...
... these kingdoms , though critical , is refpectable ; fince the bravery and fkill of our commanders by fea and land , that native hardiness and contempt of danger which characterise our feamen and foldiers , have fuffered no decay , and ...
الصفحة 2
... these defects were inherent in the men ; in others , they arose from the partial fupport , which they derived from the fource of power ; whilst among the people difcontents , clamours , and outrages pre- vailed ; fo as that neither the ...
... these defects were inherent in the men ; in others , they arose from the partial fupport , which they derived from the fource of power ; whilst among the people difcontents , clamours , and outrages pre- vailed ; fo as that neither the ...
الصفحة 3
... these active partifans was more violent and effec- tual , than that which was carried on against Sir Robert Walpole , even when a Pulteney spoke and a Bolingbroke wrote , to rouse the indignation of the people . A daring at- tack upon ...
... these active partifans was more violent and effec- tual , than that which was carried on against Sir Robert Walpole , even when a Pulteney spoke and a Bolingbroke wrote , to rouse the indignation of the people . A daring at- tack upon ...
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... these duties fhould be at once totally repealed . To this it was objected , that the colonies , inftead of de- The Earl of Guilford was appointed tutor to the prefent King in 1750 , and the year before , when the tragedy of Cato was per ...
... these duties fhould be at once totally repealed . To this it was objected , that the colonies , inftead of de- The Earl of Guilford was appointed tutor to the prefent King in 1750 , and the year before , when the tragedy of Cato was per ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 156 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 248 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...