The history of England, from the accession of George iii., 1760, to the accession of queen Victoria, 1837, Հատոր 2 |
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... expressed a desire and hope of maintaining this country in peace . Debates on American Lord Chatham had by a temporary secession from and domes- public business recovered his health ; while his mind , tic affairs . which had long been ...
... expressed a desire and hope of maintaining this country in peace . Debates on American Lord Chatham had by a temporary secession from and domes- public business recovered his health ; while his mind , tic affairs . which had long been ...
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... expressed strong indignation against that secret and malign influence , which , under a series of administra- tions , had defeated every good , and suggested every bad measure : it affirmed that the house of commons had done a deed more ...
... expressed strong indignation against that secret and malign influence , which , under a series of administra- tions , had defeated every good , and suggested every bad measure : it affirmed that the house of commons had done a deed more ...
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... expressed a strong dis- approbation of the act in question ; but censured it only as an inexpedient or unproductive impost , not as an illegal or impolitic claim : ' the articles taxed , ' he said , ' being chiefly of British ...
... expressed a strong dis- approbation of the act in question ; but censured it only as an inexpedient or unproductive impost , not as an illegal or impolitic claim : ' the articles taxed , ' he said , ' being chiefly of British ...
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... expressed dissatisfaction at the late address : his sentiments on that subject continued the same ; and he should ill deserve to be considered as the father of his people , if he should suffer himself to make such a use of his ...
... expressed dissatisfaction at the late address : his sentiments on that subject continued the same ; and he should ill deserve to be considered as the father of his people , if he should suffer himself to make such a use of his ...
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... expressed , is to me truly surprising : for where , in the name of wonder , should the house acquire the necessary knowlege or intelligence ? Is it by turning over these musty old volumes , or by rummaging the gaudy boxes which lie on ...
... expressed , is to me truly surprising : for where , in the name of wonder , should the house acquire the necessary knowlege or intelligence ? Is it by turning over these musty old volumes , or by rummaging the gaudy boxes which lie on ...
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The History of England: From the Accession of George III, 1760,to ..., Հատոր 2 Thomas Smart Hughes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
The History of England: From the Accession of George III, 1760,to ..., Հատոր 2 Thomas Smart Hughes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
The History of England, from the Accession of George III., 1760, to ..., Հատոր 2 Thomas Smart Hughes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1864 |
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Էջ 415 - 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.
Էջ 153 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together. If we are conscious of our...
Էջ 153 - ... conquests, not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness of the human race. Let us get an American revenue as we have got an American empire. English privileges have made it all that it is; English privileges alone will make it all it can be.
Էջ 148 - The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war ; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations ; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire ; not peace to depend on the juridical determination of perplexing questions, or the precise marking the shadowy boundaries of a complex government. It is simple peace, sought in its natural course and in its ordinary haunts. It is peace sought in the spirit...
Էջ 90 - Amidst these tragical events, — of one person nearly murdered, of another answerable for the issue, of a worthy governor hurt in his dearest interests, the fate of America in suspense, — here is a man who, with the utmost insensibility of remorse, stands up and avows himself the author of all. I can compare it only to Zanga, in Dr. Young's ' Revenge.' ' Know then 't was — I ; I forged the letter, I disposed the picture ; I hated, I despised, and I destroy.
Էջ 134 - 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.
Էջ 138 - 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.
Էջ 90 - I ask, my Lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed, by poetic fiction only, to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American?
Էջ 88 - ... by the steps recommended, to widen the breach; which they effected. The chief caution expressed with regard to privacy was, to keep their contents from the colony agents, who, the writers apprehended, might return them, or copies of them to America. That apprehension was, it seems, well founded ; for the first agent who laid his hands on them, thought it his duty* to transmit them to his constituents.
Էջ 415 - We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions...