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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Արդյունքներ 83–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... Britain Invasion of South Carolina by General Prevost Alternate Succeffes of the American and British Capture of St. Vincent's and Grenada by the Count d'Estaing repulfed at Savannab Charles - town taken by Sir H. Clinton The Combined ...
... Britain Invasion of South Carolina by General Prevost Alternate Succeffes of the American and British Capture of St. Vincent's and Grenada by the Count d'Estaing repulfed at Savannab Charles - town taken by Sir H. Clinton The Combined ...
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... Britain . They had admitted the diftinction between raising money as the mere incidental produce of regulating du- ties , and for the direct purpose of revenue ; but now they argued more boldly , and as fpeculatifts more confiftently ...
... Britain . They had admitted the diftinction between raising money as the mere incidental produce of regulating du- ties , and for the direct purpose of revenue ; but now they argued more boldly , and as fpeculatifts more confiftently ...
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... Britain at this period were governed by a fpirit of infatuation , which it is difficult to analyfe into any of the common principles of human action , and which excites our aftonishment at leaft as ftrongly as our indignation or regret ...
... Britain at this period were governed by a fpirit of infatuation , which it is difficult to analyfe into any of the common principles of human action , and which excites our aftonishment at leaft as ftrongly as our indignation or regret ...
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... Britain refcind her measures , or she will lofe Ame- rica for ever . " At the fame time that Lord Hillsborough tranf mitted his Majesty's high commands to Sir Francis Bernard , he wrote a circular letter to the Gover- nors of the ...
... Britain refcind her measures , or she will lofe Ame- rica for ever . " At the fame time that Lord Hillsborough tranf mitted his Majesty's high commands to Sir Francis Bernard , he wrote a circular letter to the Gover- nors of the ...
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... Britain , by a forced and unheard of construction of the old statute of Henry VIII . excited prodigious alarm throughout the continent . The House of Representatives of Virginia , in their addrefs to the King , exprefs with feeling and ...
... Britain , by a forced and unheard of construction of the old statute of Henry VIII . excited prodigious alarm throughout the continent . The House of Representatives of Virginia , in their addrefs to the King , exprefs with feeling and ...
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.