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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... liberty to tef- tify , and publicly to declare , that we take it to be the native , inherent , and indefeasible right of the fubject jointly or feverally to petition the King for the redrefs of grievances . If the votes of the House are ...
... liberty to tef- tify , and publicly to declare , that we take it to be the native , inherent , and indefeasible right of the fubject jointly or feverally to petition the King for the redrefs of grievances . If the votes of the House are ...
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... the Governor had no power to diffolve them . In the midft of the ferment occafioned by these proceedings , a floop , called the Liberty , laden with B4 wine wine from Madeira , was feized under authority of the K. GEORGE IIL.
... the Governor had no power to diffolve them . In the midft of the ferment occafioned by these proceedings , a floop , called the Liberty , laden with B4 wine wine from Madeira , was feized under authority of the K. GEORGE IIL.
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... liberty in America , which only blazed the more fiercely and dangerously for the repeated attempts to over- whelm or extinguish it . " Confider well , " faid Colonel Barré to the Minifters , when the address was pending in the Houfe of ...
... liberty in America , which only blazed the more fiercely and dangerously for the repeated attempts to over- whelm or extinguish it . " Confider well , " faid Colonel Barré to the Minifters , when the address was pending in the Houfe of ...
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... liberty , exerted their utmost ability in their defence . " We muft , " faid one of these gentlemen , addreffing the Jury , " fteel ourselves against prepoffeffions which contaminate the fountain of juftice . To your candor and impar ...
... liberty , exerted their utmost ability in their defence . " We muft , " faid one of these gentlemen , addreffing the Jury , " fteel ourselves against prepoffeffions which contaminate the fountain of juftice . To your candor and impar ...
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... liberty . Committees of Correspondence had been recently established in the different towns and townships throughout the province and the fpirit which now pervaded the Continent may be conjec- tured from the refolutions paffed by the ...
... liberty . Committees of Correspondence had been recently established in the different towns and townships throughout the province and the fpirit which now pervaded the Continent may be conjec- tured from the refolutions paffed by the ...
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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.