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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... Lordship an account of their tranfactions . This imperious demand was conceived precifely in the fpirit of a mandate of the French King to his Par- liaments , but fortunately it could not be enforced by lettres de cachet . If French ...
... Lordship an account of their tranfactions . This imperious demand was conceived precifely in the fpirit of a mandate of the French King to his Par- liaments , but fortunately it could not be enforced by lettres de cachet . If French ...
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... mitted his Majesty's high commands to Sir Francis Bernard , he wrote a circular letter to the Gover- nors of the different Provinces , in which , referring to to the letter of the Maffachusetts Affembly , his Lordship 6 K. GEORGE III .
... mitted his Majesty's high commands to Sir Francis Bernard , he wrote a circular letter to the Gover- nors of the different Provinces , in which , referring to to the letter of the Maffachusetts Affembly , his Lordship 6 K. GEORGE III .
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... Lordship ; the Affemblies throughout the conti- . nent highly applauding the conduct of the Maffa- chusetts , and almost unanimously paffing votes and refolves according with the fpirit of the letter , received from Bofton . The ...
... Lordship ; the Affemblies throughout the conti- . nent highly applauding the conduct of the Maffa- chusetts , and almost unanimously paffing votes and refolves according with the fpirit of the letter , received from Bofton . The ...
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... Lordships to give the finishing ftroke to the work of his own hands . How thefe letters came into poffeffion of any one but the right owners , is a myftery for Dr. Franklin to explain . Your Lord- fhips know the train of mifchiefs which ...
... Lordships to give the finishing ftroke to the work of his own hands . How thefe letters came into poffeffion of any one but the right owners , is a myftery for Dr. Franklin to explain . Your Lord- fhips know the train of mifchiefs which ...
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William Belsham. And he now appears before your Lordships , wrap- ped up in impenetrable fecrecy , to fupport a charge against his Majefty's Governor and Lieutenant Governor , and expects that your Lordships fhould advife the punishing ...
William Belsham. And he now appears before your Lordships , wrap- ped up in impenetrable fecrecy , to fupport a charge against his Majefty's Governor and Lieutenant Governor , and expects that your Lordships fhould advife the punishing ...
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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.