Annual Register, Том 9Edmund Burke 1767 |
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... it ftill remains a doubt , whether , in three fucceffive wars , he has not paid more for his pur- chafe than it is worth , exclufive of the risks he has himself run , and which his fucceffors will pro- bably be liable to , in ...
... it ftill remains a doubt , whether , in three fucceffive wars , he has not paid more for his pur- chafe than it is worth , exclufive of the risks he has himself run , and which his fucceffors will pro- bably be liable to , in ...
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... It is alfo be lieved that she has attempted to negotiate a treaty of more confe- quence with Sweden ; whereby she has offered to pay the fubfidy arrears due to that court , upon condition that the Swedes fhould build her a certain ...
... It is alfo be lieved that she has attempted to negotiate a treaty of more confe- quence with Sweden ; whereby she has offered to pay the fubfidy arrears due to that court , upon condition that the Swedes fhould build her a certain ...
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... it was fup- pofed the real motive to this ex- traordinary act , was to prevent his attefting his innocence to the people ; who were much affected , as well at his fentence , as the man- ner of executing it . The rage of the parliament ...
... it was fup- pofed the real motive to this ex- traordinary act , was to prevent his attefting his innocence to the people ; who were much affected , as well at his fentence , as the man- ner of executing it . The rage of the parliament ...
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... It was faid on one fide , that luxury , corruption , and the extreme avidity for making im- menfe fortunes in a little time , had so totally infected the compa- ny's fervants in that country , that nothing less than a general reform ...
... It was faid on one fide , that luxury , corruption , and the extreme avidity for making im- menfe fortunes in a little time , had so totally infected the compa- ny's fervants in that country , that nothing less than a general reform ...
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... it upon the ground of reprefentation , goes to the whole prefent conftitution of Great Britain . A member of par- liament chofen for any borough , reprefents not only the conftitu- ents , and inhabitants of that par- ticular place , but ...
... it upon the ground of reprefentation , goes to the whole prefent conftitution of Great Britain . A member of par- liament chofen for any borough , reprefents not only the conftitu- ents , and inhabitants of that par- ticular place , but ...
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Страница 178 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Страница 161 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance: one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God! I enjoy good health, and will for ever love liberty and Old England. Liberty, property, and Old England, for ever, huzza!
Страница 198 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Страница 159 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation ; but, though I gave a very true account, the justice said I could give no account; so I was indicted...
Страница 200 - To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Страница 201 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Страница 159 - I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of a life for five years, I only wrought ten hours in the day, and had my meat and drink provided for my labour.
Страница 159 - People may say this and that of being in jail, but, for my part, I found Newgate as agreeable a place as ever I was in in all my life.