The history of England, from the accession of George iii to 1783, Volume 31810 |
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... , ib . - Difcuf- fion of the petitions , 219. - Refolutions passed on the influence of the crown , 220. - The expenditure of the civil lift , ib . - and the relief of the people , 224. - The refolutions reported relief vi CONTENTS .
... , ib . - Difcuf- fion of the petitions , 219. - Refolutions passed on the influence of the crown , 220. - The expenditure of the civil lift , ib . - and the relief of the people , 224. - The refolutions reported relief vi CONTENTS .
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... civil lift difcharged , 427. - Efforts at pacification , 428. - Negotia tion with Holland , ib . - Its failure , 430.- Offers to mediate renewed , ib.-Mr. Grenville fent to Paris to open a direct ne- gotiation , 432. - Terms propofed by ...
... civil lift difcharged , 427. - Efforts at pacification , 428. - Negotia tion with Holland , ib . - Its failure , 430.- Offers to mediate renewed , ib.-Mr. Grenville fent to Paris to open a direct ne- gotiation , 432. - Terms propofed by ...
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... civil alliance the wild and inhuman favage of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indians the defence of difputed rights ; and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? These enormities cry aloud for redrefs ...
... civil alliance the wild and inhuman favage of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indians the defence of difputed rights ; and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? These enormities cry aloud for redrefs ...
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... civil war was begun . After defcrib- ing the tranfactions of the British army till the evacua- tion of Boston , Mr. Fox asked , what was the conduct of America ? They fent a petition couched in the most refpectful - terms , difclaiming ...
... civil war was begun . After defcrib- ing the tranfactions of the British army till the evacua- tion of Boston , Mr. Fox asked , what was the conduct of America ? They fent a petition couched in the most refpectful - terms , difclaiming ...
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... civil capacities , or military commands ; with general Washington or any other officer : they might fufpend hoftilities ; intermit the operation of laws ; grant pardons , immunities , and re- wards ; reftore to colonies their ancient ...
... civil capacities , or military commands ; with general Washington or any other officer : they might fufpend hoftilities ; intermit the operation of laws ; grant pardons , immunities , and re- wards ; reftore to colonies their ancient ...
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Page 5 - 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!
Page 11 - Against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hellhounds, I say, of savage war.
Page 462 - I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire; and that America may be free from those calamities which have formerly proved in the mother country how essential monarchy is to the enjoyment of constitutional liberty.
Page 11 - ... ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Page 10 - My lords, we are called upon as members of this house, as men, as Christian men, to protest against such notions standing near the throne, polluting the ear of majesty. ' That God and nature put into our hands.
Page 204 - Master of the Household; the whole Board of Green Cloth; — and a vast number of subordinate offices in the department of the Steward of the Household; — the whole establishment of the Great Wardrobe; — the Removing Wardrobe;— the Jewel Office; — The Robes; the Board of Works; almost the whole charge of the civil branch of the Board of Ordnance are taken away.
Page 199 - When I look, as I have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French King, I am sorry to say it, I see nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance, none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power, none of the wild struggles and plunges of despotism in distress, — no lopping off from the capital of debt, no suspension of interest, no robbery under the name of loan, no raising the value, no debasing the substance, of the coin. I see neither Louis the Fourteenth nor Louis the...
Page 10 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation. I call upon that right reverend bench, those holy ministers of the Gospel, and pious pastors of our church; I conjure them to join in the holy work, and vindicate the religion of their God.
Page 407 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 242 - That, for his part, he would run all hazards with the people ; and if the people were too luke-warm to run all hazards with him, when their conscience and their country called them forth, they might get another President...