Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... cause in which he was engaged , and his own renown , which now fhone in great luftre , be dimmed , if not obfcured . He knew the Americans would confi- der Quebec as taken from the in- ftant that they heard of his arrival before it ...
... cause in which he was engaged , and his own renown , which now fhone in great luftre , be dimmed , if not obfcured . He knew the Americans would confi- der Quebec as taken from the in- ftant that they heard of his arrival before it ...
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... cause they were em- ployed in , and the fatal effects which their mistaken application had produced . The Governor and officers ac- quired great and deferved honour by this defence , and the behavi- Qur CHA P. II . Virginia . Provincial ...
... cause they were em- ployed in , and the fatal effects which their mistaken application had produced . The Governor and officers ac- quired great and deferved honour by this defence , and the behavi- Qur CHA P. II . Virginia . Provincial ...
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... and which might have been attended with the most fatal confequences ) yet with thefe causes of complaint , the people feemed to pay a more [ B ] than 1 that upon the inhabitants engaging for the future , HISTORY OF EUROPE . 473.
... and which might have been attended with the most fatal confequences ) yet with thefe causes of complaint , the people feemed to pay a more [ B ] than 1 that upon the inhabitants engaging for the future , HISTORY OF EUROPE . 473.
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... cause of their meet- ing , and fhewing the neceffity of immediately putting the country in a pofture of defence , for the protection of their lives , liberties , and properties . They concluded , as the affembly had done , with the ...
... cause of their meet- ing , and fhewing the neceffity of immediately putting the country in a pofture of defence , for the protection of their lives , liberties , and properties . They concluded , as the affembly had done , with the ...
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... causes . In truth , affairs had run fo counter in America , and every measure had produced an effect fo directly contrary to what was propofed or expected , that it was not eafy to fet a good face upon the matter , either to the parlia ...
... causes . In truth , affairs had run fo counter in America , and every measure had produced an effect fo directly contrary to what was propofed or expected , that it was not eafy to fet a good face upon the matter , either to the parlia ...
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Page 67 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military...
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