The history of England, from the accession of George iii to 1783, Volume 31810 |
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... letter of the commiffioners , 91. - Pretended offers of bribes , 92. - Difcuffions refpecting governor Johnstone , 93.- Manifefto of the commiffioners , 94. - Refolutions , 95.— And counter - manifefto of congrefs , ib . - Evacuation of ...
... letter of the commiffioners , 91. - Pretended offers of bribes , 92. - Difcuffions refpecting governor Johnstone , 93.- Manifefto of the commiffioners , 94. - Refolutions , 95.— And counter - manifefto of congrefs , ib . - Evacuation of ...
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... Letters of marque iffued , 147. - French manifefto , ib .-- Ably anfwered by Gibbon , ib . - Obfervations on the conduct of Spain , ib . - Siege of Gibral tar commenced , 148 - Ineffectual attempts on Jersey , 149- Junction of the ...
... Letters of marque iffued , 147. - French manifefto , ib .-- Ably anfwered by Gibbon , ib . - Obfervations on the conduct of Spain , ib . - Siege of Gibral tar commenced , 148 - Ineffectual attempts on Jersey , 149- Junction of the ...
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... letter of the bill of rights , than the demand of fhip- money , in the days of Charles I. Tories , Jacobites , and Scotchmen , the firft addreffers for abrogating the liberties of three millions of fubjects in America , were now the ...
... letter of the bill of rights , than the demand of fhip- money , in the days of Charles I. Tories , Jacobites , and Scotchmen , the firft addreffers for abrogating the liberties of three millions of fubjects in America , were now the ...
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... letters , both from perfons refident at Dunkirk , and others ferving in the intended expedition , reprobating the folly , abfurdity , and impracticability of the attempt , and earneftly wifh- ing it abandoned . The report of a British ...
... letters , both from perfons refident at Dunkirk , and others ferving in the intended expedition , reprobating the folly , abfurdity , and impracticability of the attempt , and earneftly wifh- ing it abandoned . The report of a British ...
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... war , but certainly muft produce one . ” Washington's Letters , vol . ii . p . 278 . fincere 1778 . fincere difpofition for peace ; and that his 54 HISTORY OF ENGLAND . ib -Meffage from the king to parliament refpecting France,
... war , but certainly muft produce one . ” Washington's Letters , vol . ii . p . 278 . fincere 1778 . fincere difpofition for peace ; and that his 54 HISTORY OF ENGLAND . ib -Meffage from the king to parliament refpecting France,
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Page 5 - 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!
Page 11 - Against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hellhounds, I say, of savage war.
Page 462 - I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire; and that America may be free from those calamities which have formerly proved in the mother country how essential monarchy is to the enjoyment of constitutional liberty.
Page 11 - ... ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Page 10 - My lords, we are called upon as members of this house, as men, as Christian men, to protest against such notions standing near the throne, polluting the ear of majesty. ' That God and nature put into our hands.
Page 204 - Master of the Household; the whole Board of Green Cloth; — and a vast number of subordinate offices in the department of the Steward of the Household; — the whole establishment of the Great Wardrobe; — the Removing Wardrobe;— the Jewel Office; — The Robes; the Board of Works; almost the whole charge of the civil branch of the Board of Ordnance are taken away.
Page 199 - When I look, as I have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French King, I am sorry to say it, I see nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance, none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power, none of the wild struggles and plunges of despotism in distress, — no lopping off from the capital of debt, no suspension of interest, no robbery under the name of loan, no raising the value, no debasing the substance, of the coin. I see neither Louis the Fourteenth nor Louis the...
Page 10 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation. I call upon that right reverend bench, those holy ministers of the Gospel, and pious pastors of our church; I conjure them to join in the holy work, and vindicate the religion of their God.
Page 407 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 242 - That, for his part, he would run all hazards with the people ; and if the people were too luke-warm to run all hazards with him, when their conscience and their country called them forth, they might get another President...