Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... observed , that he could not think it prudent to put powder into their hands in fuch a fituation . Whatever fatisfaction this an- fwer might have afforded to the magiftrates , they prevailed on the people to retire quietly to their ...
... observed , that he could not think it prudent to put powder into their hands in fuch a fituation . Whatever fatisfaction this an- fwer might have afforded to the magiftrates , they prevailed on the people to retire quietly to their ...
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... observed , that changes feldom happened without some sufficient caufe ; that respect was not to be obtained by force from a free people ; that no- thing was fo likely to insure it , as dignity of character , a candid and exemplary ...
... observed , that changes feldom happened without some sufficient caufe ; that respect was not to be obtained by force from a free people ; that no- thing was fo likely to insure it , as dignity of character , a candid and exemplary ...
Page 96
... observed , with fome feve- rity of animadverfion , as a fingu- lar circumflance in the prefent fitu ation of affairs , what appeared upon this examination , that neither the Secretary of State who received the petition , nor any other ...
... observed , with fome feve- rity of animadverfion , as a fingu- lar circumflance in the prefent fitu ation of affairs , what appeared upon this examination , that neither the Secretary of State who received the petition , nor any other ...
Page 192
... observed as ufual . A fudden fire broke out , at noon- day , at Bellen , in Rutlandshire , by which 27 houfes were confumed , befides barns , out - houfes and gra- naries , and more than 170 perfons reduced to the greateft diftrefs . It ...
... observed as ufual . A fudden fire broke out , at noon- day , at Bellen , in Rutlandshire , by which 27 houfes were confumed , befides barns , out - houfes and gra- naries , and more than 170 perfons reduced to the greateft diftrefs . It ...
Page 202
... observed as 25th . Particularly , their Ma- jefties went to the Chapel Royal ; and , after fermon , received the holy facrament , and made their offerings . 26th . Three battalions of Hef- fians , pofted at Trenton , with fix field ...
... observed as 25th . Particularly , their Ma- jefties went to the Chapel Royal ; and , after fermon , received the holy facrament , and made their offerings . 26th . Three battalions of Hef- fians , pofted at Trenton , with fix field ...
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