Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Հատոր 2G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... shall be paid , and that it shall be sent back in the fame bottoms . " " We muft not , " faid a leading Member of the Affembly , " flatter ourselves , that popular refolves , popular shouts , or harangues will vanquish our foes or ...
... shall be paid , and that it shall be sent back in the fame bottoms . " " We muft not , " faid a leading Member of the Affembly , " flatter ourselves , that popular refolves , popular shouts , or harangues will vanquish our foes or ...
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... shall be ever for her prosperity : - Length of days be in her right hand , and in her left hand riches and honor ! May her ways be ways of pleasantnefs , and all her paths be peace ! " VOL . II . : — E The The only effort of a nature ...
... shall be ever for her prosperity : - Length of days be in her right hand , and in her left hand riches and honor ! May her ways be ways of pleasantnefs , and all her paths be peace ! " VOL . II . : — E The The only effort of a nature ...
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... shall be fo MAD as to engage us , they will foon find to their coft that in the art of war we are the first of mankind . " How well the predictions of these vain boafters were verified let SALAMIS and SARATOGA tell ! The abject manner ...
... shall be fo MAD as to engage us , they will foon find to their coft that in the art of war we are the first of mankind . " How well the predictions of these vain boafters were verified let SALAMIS and SARATOGA tell ! The abject manner ...
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... Shall breathe its laft . " True , tyrant ! -wherefore then does pride And yain ambition urge thy mind To fpread thy needlefs conquefts wide , And defolate mankind ? Not fo do BRITAIN'S KINGS behold Their floating bulwarks of the main ...
... Shall breathe its laft . " True , tyrant ! -wherefore then does pride And yain ambition urge thy mind To fpread thy needlefs conquefts wide , And defolate mankind ? Not fo do BRITAIN'S KINGS behold Their floating bulwarks of the main ...
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... shall be accom- plifhed of triumphantly dictating reconciliation , you delay for ever ; the force of this country would be difproportionately exerted against a brave , generous , and united people , with arms in their hands and courage ...
... shall be accom- plifhed of triumphantly dictating reconciliation , you delay for ever ; the force of this country would be difproportionately exerted against a brave , generous , and united people , with arms in their hands and courage ...
Common terms and phrases
abfolute addrefs Adminiftration Affembly afferted affurances againſt alfo America army bill Boſton Britain Britiſh cauſe circumftances Colonel Colonies command Commiffioners confequence confiderable Conftitution Congrefs Count d'Estaing courſe Court Crown declared defign defire diffolved divifion Duc d'Aiguillon England Engliſh eſtabliſhed exprefs faid fame fecure feemed feffion fent fervice feveral fhall fhips fhort fhould firft firſt fituation fome force fpeech ftate ftrong fubjects fucceeded fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fyftem Government Governor himſelf Houfe Houſe increaſe intereft Iſland itſelf juftice King laft liberty Lord Lord Chatham Lord Cornwallis Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lordships Maffachuſetts Majefty Majefty's meaſures ment Minifters moft moſt motion muft muſt neceffary neceffity neral occafion oppofition paffed Parliament perfons pofition poft prefent propofed propofition province purpoſe queftion reaſon refiftance refolution refolved refpecting refufal refult Ruffia ſaid ſhips ſpirit ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion troops Waſhington whofe whole
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Էջ 263 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Էջ 263 - But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to authorize and associate to our arms the tomahawk and scalping-knife of the savage; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitant of the woods...
Էջ 78 - 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 58 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart.
Էջ 83 - 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.
Էջ 119 - Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Էջ 121 - ... on this continent ready and willing at all times, as they have ever been, with their lives and fortunes, to assert and maintain the rights and interests of your majesty, and of our ^mother country.
Էջ 261 - Parliament for advice, and a reliance on its constitutional advice and assistance : as it is the right of Parliament to give, so it is the duty of the Crown to ask it. But on this day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional...
Էջ 263 - 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...
Էջ 80 - Tis liberty to liberty engaged," that they will defend themselves, their families, and their country. In this great cause they are immovably allied: it is the alliance of God and nature — immutable, eternal — fixed as the firmament of heaven.