The History of England, المجلد 2A. J. Valpy, 1835 |
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... cause in England - Dr . Price's publication - Dr . Johnson's Tax- ation no Tyranny ' - Alderman Wilkes's philippic against the corporation of London - Domestic events - Retirement of Garrick from the stage - State of the British and ...
... cause in England - Dr . Price's publication - Dr . Johnson's Tax- ation no Tyranny ' - Alderman Wilkes's philippic against the corporation of London - Domestic events - Retirement of Garrick from the stage - State of the British and ...
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... caused by previous interference with the colonies was far from being allayed . The bill met with very little opposition in the British legislature ; but it was considered by the Americans as a deceptive measure , similar in its object ...
... caused by previous interference with the colonies was far from being allayed . The bill met with very little opposition in the British legislature ; but it was considered by the Americans as a deceptive measure , similar in its object ...
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... cause of liberty , and its great support , the succession of the house of Hanover , inherited the same principles , and steadily adhered to the same sentiments . When the British parliament met on the twenty - fourth of November , the ...
... cause of liberty , and its great support , the succession of the house of Hanover , inherited the same principles , and steadily adhered to the same sentiments . When the British parliament met on the twenty - fourth of November , the ...
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... causes , which he kept within his own breast : the secresy however with which this stroke of state policy was prepared and executed , is very remarkable . The measure being once resolved on by the king , the conde d'Aranda and three ...
... causes , which he kept within his own breast : the secresy however with which this stroke of state policy was prepared and executed , is very remarkable . The measure being once resolved on by the king , the conde d'Aranda and three ...
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... cause , and enabling the tur- bulent and rebellious to express their sentiments , and paralyse the exertions of timid and loyal subjects . The fierce repub- licans of New England soon engaged in such a system as impelled the other ...
... cause , and enabling the tur- bulent and rebellious to express their sentiments , and paralyse the exertions of timid and loyal subjects . The fierce repub- licans of New England soon engaged in such a system as impelled the other ...
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الصفحة 192 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
الصفحة 339 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
الصفحة 338 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
الصفحة 192 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
الصفحة 43 - Majesty's servants, at the desire of several persons of quality, for the benefit of Mr. Wilkes and at the expense of the Constitution...
الصفحة 190 - Brusa and Smyrna. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all; and the whole of the force and vigor of his authority in his centre, is derived from a prudent relaxation in all his borders.
الصفحة 191 - My idea, therefore, without considering whether we yield as matter of right or grant as matter of favor, is, to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the Constitution, and, by recording that admission in the...
الصفحة 177 - Their situation is truly unworthy, penned up— pining in inglorious inactivity. They are an army of impotence. You may call them an army of safety and of guard; but they are in truth an army of impotence and contempt; and, to make the folly equal to the disgrace, they are an army of irritation and vexation.
الصفحة 134 - I know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies...
الصفحة 180 - A Provisional Act, for settling the Troubles in America, and for asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending Power of Great Britain over the Colonies.