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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... 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 , may find 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 , may find their ...
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... whole evening . Our discourse ran upon the means to be taken , either to appear personally , or by attorney , to reverse the outlawry ; but as the Serjeant had not considered of the mat- ter , the consultation was deferred until next ...
... whole evening . Our discourse ran upon the means to be taken , either to appear personally , or by attorney , to reverse the outlawry ; but as the Serjeant had not considered of the mat- ter , the consultation was deferred until next ...
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... whole received of this boasted affair , six hundred and thirty pounds for the year 1765. Mr. Wilkes said , he would cer- tainly come in November , and take his chance . " Sir W. Baker asked Lord Rockingham what he intended to do for Mr ...
... whole received of this boasted affair , six hundred and thirty pounds for the year 1765. Mr. Wilkes said , he would cer- tainly come in November , and take his chance . " Sir W. Baker asked Lord Rockingham what he intended to do for Mr ...
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... from approving of it , or offering to cor- rect it , condemned the whole measure in the most violent terms of indignation and intemperance : It is to be observed , that the Chancellor had 16 [ Ch . xxx . ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES.
... from approving of it , or offering to cor- rect it , condemned the whole measure in the most violent terms of indignation and intemperance : It is to be observed , that the Chancellor had 16 [ Ch . xxx . ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES.
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... whole attention of parliament might be confined to the great objects of national concern ... That he had never been a suitor to his Majesty either for himself or his friends , for any place of honour or emolument ; he did not even seek ...
... whole attention of parliament might be confined to the great objects of national concern ... That he had never been a suitor to his Majesty either for himself or his friends , for any place of honour or emolument ; he did not even seek ...
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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.