A View of the History of Great Britain: During the Administration of Lord North, to the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament ... with Statements of the Public Expenditure in that Period, Страница 2G. Wilkie, 1782 - 243 страници |
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... received , a day fhould be appointed to hear the merits , and for the petitioners , their witneffes , and counsel to attend . On the day appointed , the house should be counted , and if it was found not to have one hundred mem- bers ...
... received , a day fhould be appointed to hear the merits , and for the petitioners , their witneffes , and counsel to attend . On the day appointed , the house should be counted , and if it was found not to have one hundred mem- bers ...
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... received from the Eaft - India company , a large fum from the paymafter - general , and anticipating the produce of the finking fund , the minifter paid off a million and a half of the national debt , and reduced two millions and a half ...
... received from the Eaft - India company , a large fum from the paymafter - general , and anticipating the produce of the finking fund , the minifter paid off a million and a half of the national debt , and reduced two millions and a half ...
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... received scarce any proportion of the vast wealth which was acquired ; owing to a fecret re- gulation being fettled at home , before the expedition fet forward , by which the commander in chief of the fleet and army , were to receive ...
... received scarce any proportion of the vast wealth which was acquired ; owing to a fecret re- gulation being fettled at home , before the expedition fet forward , by which the commander in chief of the fleet and army , were to receive ...
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... received . A gentleman on the treafury - bench hereupon moved , that the house should be cleared , peers and all , which , after fome oppofition , was carried ; fo that thofe very lords , who had quitted their own houfe in difguft , at ...
... received . A gentleman on the treafury - bench hereupon moved , that the house should be cleared , peers and all , which , after fome oppofition , was carried ; fo that thofe very lords , who had quitted their own houfe in difguft , at ...
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... receiving addreffes of thanks and congratulations from various parts of the king- dom . It required no uncommon share of difcernment to foretel , that the inflexibility of the city magiftrates , would entangle the house of Commons in a ...
... receiving addreffes of thanks and congratulations from various parts of the king- dom . It required no uncommon share of difcernment to foretel , that the inflexibility of the city magiftrates , would entangle the house of Commons in a ...
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act of parliament addrefs adminiſtration Admiral Keppel affembly againſt America anſwer army becauſe bill Bofton Britain Britiſh buſineſs caufed cauſe Colonies command commiffion Company conduct confequence confiderable confifting conftitution court crown declared diſcharged Earl enemy England Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame feamen fecurity feemed feffion fent ferved fervice feven fhewed fhips fhould figned fince firft firſt fituation fleet fome foon force fpirit France French ftate fubject fuch fuffered fupply fupport furniſhed Governor Great-Britain himſelf houfe houſe of Commons iffued increaſe inftances intereft iſlands juftice King kingdom laft laſt Lord Clive Lord North Majefty meaſures millions minifter miniftry moft moſt nation neceffary notwithſtanding occafion oppofition paffed parliament perfons petition poffeffed poffeffion Port Egmont prefent propofed proteft provifions province puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented revenue ſaid ſeveral ſhips Spain ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand troops uſed whilft
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Страница 196 - If then the removal of the causes of this spirit of American liberty be, for the greater part, or rather entirely, impracticable ; if the ideas of criminal process be inapplicable, or if applicable, are in the highest degree inexpedient ; what way yet remains ? No way is open, but the third and last — to comply with the American spirit as necessary ; or, if you please, to submit to it as a necessary evil.
Страница 188 - 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 156 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Страница 306 - I mean that for a limitation of the claims of the crown upon landed estates ; and this for the relief of the Roman Catholics. By the former he has emancipated property ; by the latter he has quieted conscience : and by both, he has taught that grand lesson to government and subject — no longer to regard each other as adverse parties.
Страница 338 - ... but when that country professes the unnatural design not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself and her resources to our enemies, the whole contest is changed ; and the question is, how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin and for the aggrandizement of France.
Страница 248 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her...
Страница 292 - Your efforts are for ever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling...
Страница 291 - France, my lords, has insulted you ; she has encouraged and sustained America ; and whether America be wrong or right, the dignity of this country ought to spurn at the officious insult of French interference. The ministers and...
Страница 111 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, do of right belong to the State.
Страница 111 - State. 2. That to appropriate acquisitions so made to the private emolument of persons intrusted with any civil or military power of the State is illegal. 3. That very great sums of money, and other valuable property have been acquired in Bengal from Princes and others of that country, by persons...