Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810 |
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... English peer- age for the Marquis of Lorne , now Duke of Argyll . He asked nothing for himself ; but added , that the measures which had been avowed at Bath , he ex- pected were still to be pursued . Lord Chatham began with putting a ...
... English peer- age for the Marquis of Lorne , now Duke of Argyll . He asked nothing for himself ; but added , that the measures which had been avowed at Bath , he ex- pected were still to be pursued . Lord Chatham began with putting a ...
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... English Peeress , with the remainder to his son . Had he lived , he would have been first Lord of the Treasury before the ensuing session of Parliament ; and Mr. Torke was to have been his Chancellor . His death , which happened early ...
... English Peeress , with the remainder to his son . Had he lived , he would have been first Lord of the Treasury before the ensuing session of Parliament ; and Mr. Torke was to have been his Chancellor . His death , which happened early ...
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... English nobility , the extension of the power of the Crown , and the humiliation of the pride of the nation.But Lord ****** wanted another place , and upon condition of his silence , he was gratified . Thus the French got Corsica . What ...
... English nobility , the extension of the power of the Crown , and the humiliation of the pride of the nation.But Lord ****** wanted another place , and upon condition of his silence , he was gratified . Thus the French got Corsica . What ...
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... English nation , to state those causes to the Sovereign , and then to give him their best advice in what manner he ought to act . That the privileges of the House of Peers , however transcendant , however appro- priated to them , stood ...
... English nation , to state those causes to the Sovereign , and then to give him their best advice in what manner he ought to act . That the privileges of the House of Peers , however transcendant , however appro- priated to them , stood ...
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... English people are loud in their complaints : they proclaim with one voice the injuries they have received : they demand redress , and depend upon it , my Lords , that one way or other , they will have redress . They will never return ...
... English people are loud in their complaints : they proclaim with one voice the injuries they have received : they demand redress , and depend upon it , my Lords , that one way or other , they will have redress . They will never return ...
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Страница 269 - 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.
Страница 314 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Страница 302 - 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...
Страница 275 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Страница 303 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
Страница 268 - ... to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating, disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becoming your exalted situation, make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness; for that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede, is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. It reconciles superiority of power with the feelings...
Страница 268 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Страница 302 - You may swell every expence, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German Prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign Prince ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which...
Страница 240 - Robert had heard them all he assured them that he was conscious of having meant well ; that in the present inflamed temper of the people the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force...
Страница 316 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.