The History of the Reign of George III.: To the Termination of the Late War, Volume 4T.N.Longman and O. Rees, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... himself with Rodney , fluence of a Mr. Fox , and fir Cecil Wray ; of whom the two laft were the late members . Wray had been ori- ginally chofen through the intereft of Mr. Fox , but now abandoned that gentleman and joined lord Hood ...
... himself with Rodney , fluence of a Mr. Fox , and fir Cecil Wray ; of whom the two laft were the late members . Wray had been ori- ginally chofen through the intereft of Mr. Fox , but now abandoned that gentleman and joined lord Hood ...
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... himself , extremely well - qualified for co - operating with the efforts of his friends , was better known to the lower and more numerous claffes of Westminster electors , than any other eminent perfon exifting . He was naturally open ...
... himself , extremely well - qualified for co - operating with the efforts of his friends , was better known to the lower and more numerous claffes of Westminster electors , than any other eminent perfon exifting . He was naturally open ...
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... himself neceffarily engaged in the laborious bufinefs of winding up the accounts of the war , and was compelled , by the burden of floating debt , and the general state of the national finances , to negociate a loan , though in time of ...
... himself neceffarily engaged in the laborious bufinefs of winding up the accounts of the war , and was compelled , by the burden of floating debt , and the general state of the national finances , to negociate a loan , though in time of ...
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... himself on the model of the king of Pruffia , as far as his con- ception of that extraordinary character reached . Among many objects which called forth the exer- tion of Frederic's aftonishing powers , two princi- pally occupied his ...
... himself on the model of the king of Pruffia , as far as his con- ception of that extraordinary character reached . Among many objects which called forth the exer- tion of Frederic's aftonishing powers , two princi- pally occupied his ...
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... himself fully competent to protect and defend his own dominions , and , being master of great armies , he conceived that he did not want fortreffes to impede the progress of an enemy . Thinking XXXIII . 1784 . Thinking it derogatory to ...
... himself fully competent to protect and defend his own dominions , and , being master of great armies , he conceived that he did not want fortreffes to impede the progress of an enemy . Thinking XXXIII . 1784 . Thinking it derogatory to ...
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Page 311 - ... disconnecting the authority to command service, from the power of animating it by reward ; and for allotting to the prince all the invidious duties of government, without the means of softening them to the public, by any one act of grace, favour, or benignity.
Page 94 - It was fortunate, however, to observe, that notwithstanding all the skill employed by the noble and literary engineer, his mode of defence on paper was open to the same...
Page 94 - He had made it an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry, as well as logic. There were certain detached data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casements.
Page 71 - Commons composed of five hundred and forty-eight members, in which number are found the most considerable landholders and merchants of the kingdom ; the heads of the army, the navy, and the law ; the occupiers of great offices in the state ; together with many private individuals, eminent by their knowledge, eloquence, or activity.
Page 304 - Britain, should determine on the means whereby the royal assent may be given in parliament to such bill as may be passed by the two Houses of parliament, respecting the exercise of the powers and authorities of the crown, in the name and on the behalf of the king, during the continuance of his majesty's present indisposition.
Page 304 - That it is the opinion of this committee, That it is the right and duty of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons of Great Britain now assembled, and lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm, to provide the means of supplying the defect of the personal exercise of the royal authority, arising from...
Page 245 - I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain in parliament assembled, whose parliamentary trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of all the Commons of Great Britain, whose national character he has dishonored. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights, and liberties he has subverted ; whose properties he has destroyed, whose country he has laid waste and desolate.
Page 312 - ... the prince expresses his firm conviction, that no event would be more repugnant to the feelings of his royal father, than the knowledge that the government of his son and representative had exhibited the sovereign power of the realm in a state of degradation...
Page 317 - ... to the arguments of Dundas and of Pulteney. Conscious that the present occasion would be the last in which he should personally take any part before the decision of the regency question, he seemed to put out all his intellectual strength. Scott having laid down as an incontrovertible proposition, that "the king's political character was in the eye of the law inseparable from his personal, and so would continue until his demise," Fox turned against this doctrine all the artillery of reason and...
Page 322 - ... trust intended to be reposed in me by parliament. It will be a great consolation to me to receive the aid of a council, of which I shall stand...