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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... land side are of no consequence to England . It was the harbour alone that ought to have engaged our attention . Lord Rockingham saw this mistake ; in his administration only , was the demolition of the harbour seriously attempted : and ...
... land side are of no consequence to England . It was the harbour alone that ought to have engaged our attention . Lord Rockingham saw this mistake ; in his administration only , was the demolition of the harbour seriously attempted : and ...
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... land side , their whole attention has been directed to widening , deepening , and en- larging the harbour . They have made it capacious , safe , and convenient . Those who think Dunkirk a place of no danger to the commerce of London ...
... land side , their whole attention has been directed to widening , deepening , and en- larging the harbour . They have made it capacious , safe , and convenient . Those who think Dunkirk a place of no danger to the commerce of London ...
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... land . ton . Lord Townshend refused to go to Paris of Madrid . Lord Egmont refused the Seals resigned by the Duke of Graf- Lord Hardwicke refused them likewise , Lord Lyttleton refused a cabinet situation . regulated , and conducted on ...
... land . ton . Lord Townshend refused to go to Paris of Madrid . Lord Egmont refused the Seals resigned by the Duke of Graf- Lord Hardwicke refused them likewise , Lord Lyttleton refused a cabinet situation . regulated , and conducted on ...
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... land , in the room of Mr. Oswald , who had a large pension and a lucrative reversion . Lord Hillsbo- rough was made Secretary of State for America * . Lord Sandwich , made Post - master , & c . While the negotiation for these changes ...
... land , in the room of Mr. Oswald , who had a large pension and a lucrative reversion . Lord Hillsbo- rough was made Secretary of State for America * . Lord Sandwich , made Post - master , & c . While the negotiation for these changes ...
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... would dispute was the case in the House of Com- mons , in matters touching elections ) , the determi- nation of that Court must be received and sub- mitted to as the law of the land ; for 1770. ] 87 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
... would dispute was the case in the House of Com- mons , in matters touching elections ) , the determi- nation of that Court must be received and sub- mitted to as the law of the land ; for 1770. ] 87 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
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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.