Annual Register, Volum 9Edmund Burke 1767 |
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Pàgina 7
... carried on against the degraded members . However , in the in- ftant when fentence was to have been paffed against them , the king himself thought proper , by a politic lenity , to put a stop to the procefs , and to publifh letters of ...
... carried on against the degraded members . However , in the in- ftant when fentence was to have been paffed against them , the king himself thought proper , by a politic lenity , to put a stop to the procefs , and to publifh letters of ...
Pàgina 10
... carried to an extreme , may degenerate into a vice . The diet reduced to a thousand crowns , per annum , the penfion that had been granted to the celebrated Count Teflin , who is now in the 74th year of his age ; had been governor to ...
... carried to an extreme , may degenerate into a vice . The diet reduced to a thousand crowns , per annum , the penfion that had been granted to the celebrated Count Teflin , who is now in the 74th year of his age ; had been governor to ...
Pàgina 31
... carried almoft to the highest pitch that it could poffibly admit , without af fuming another name : whilft the profligate and abandoned ( as is ufually the cafe in civil commo- tions ) under the fpecious pretext and mask of liberty ...
... carried almoft to the highest pitch that it could poffibly admit , without af fuming another name : whilft the profligate and abandoned ( as is ufually the cafe in civil commo- tions ) under the fpecious pretext and mask of liberty ...
Pàgina 34
... carried the idea of liberty to the highest pitch of enthufiafm , while their antagonists feemed to imagine , that a perfon forfeited every birthright and privilege of an Englishman by going to live in America . They both alfo proved a ...
... carried the idea of liberty to the highest pitch of enthufiafm , while their antagonists feemed to imagine , that a perfon forfeited every birthright and privilege of an Englishman by going to live in America . They both alfo proved a ...
Pàgina 44
... carried on in feveral of the co- lonies ; in open defiance of govern- ment , and in manifeft violation of the laws and legislative authority of this kingdom . That thefe tu- mults and infurrections had been encouraged and inflamed , by ...
... carried on in feveral of the co- lonies ; in open defiance of govern- ment , and in manifeft violation of the laws and legislative authority of this kingdom . That thefe tu- mults and infurrections had been encouraged and inflamed , by ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 38 - I hold it to be true that a tax laid in any place is like a pebble falling into and making a circle in a lake, till one circle produces and gives motion to another and the whole circumference is agitated from the centre.
Pàgina 157 - The misfortunes of the great are held up to engage our attention, are enlarged upon in tones of declamation, and the world is called upon to gaze at the noble sufferers...
Pàgina 178 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Pàgina 161 - ... a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance: one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God! I enjoy good health, and will for ever love liberty and Old England. Liberty, property, and Old England, for ever, huzza!
Pàgina 198 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Pàgina 159 - I fell upon my knees, begged his worship's pardon, and began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation ; but, though I gave a very true account, the justice said I could give no account; so I was indicted...
Pàgina 200 - To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Pàgina 201 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Pàgina 159 - I was able to handle a mallet ; and here I lived an easy kind of a life for five years, I only wrought ten hours in the day, and had my meat and drink provided for my labour.
Pàgina 159 - People may say this and that of being in jail, but, for my part, I found Newgate as agreeable a place as ever I was in in all my life.