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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... France , respecting Dunkirk , a kind of childish de- lusion has constantly been admitted - this was- the French were to employ their own people to execute our demands , and we were to send our 8 [ Ch . xxx . ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES.
... France , respecting Dunkirk , a kind of childish de- lusion has constantly been admitted - this was- the French were to employ their own people to execute our demands , and we were to send our 8 [ Ch . xxx . ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES.
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... a place of no danger to the commerce of London , may find their mistake in a future day . During this administration , Mr. Wilkes returned from France to London ; and there was some com- 1766. ] 9 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
... a place of no danger to the commerce of London , may find their mistake in a future day . During this administration , Mr. Wilkes returned from France to London ; and there was some com- 1766. ] 9 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
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... France , with Mr. Mackleane , ( formerly in partnership with Mr. Stewart , in a druggist's store at Philadelphia ) . He was very in- timate with Mr. Burke , through whose interest he was made Governor of the Island of St. Martin . Mr ...
... France , with Mr. Mackleane , ( formerly in partnership with Mr. Stewart , in a druggist's store at Philadelphia ) . He was very in- timate with Mr. Burke , through whose interest he was made Governor of the Island of St. Martin . Mr ...
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... France , but that he had absolutely refused them ; and desired , I would get him a private lodging in Surrey , near the Thames , to facilitate his escape , in case of necessity . I went next day to Mr. Jonathan Tyers , who very genteely ...
... France , but that he had absolutely refused them ; and desired , I would get him a private lodging in Surrey , near the Thames , to facilitate his escape , in case of necessity . I went next day to Mr. Jonathan Tyers , who very genteely ...
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... France . When the peace of the American co- lonies had been settled , the ministry took into con- sideration the state of Canada ; for which great province the late ministers had provided no con- stitution . This defect they conceived ...
... France . When the peace of the American co- lonies had been settled , the ministry took into con- sideration the state of Canada ; for which great province the late ministers had provided no con- stitution . This defect they conceived ...
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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.