A View of the History of Great Britain: During the Administration of Lord North, to the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament ... with Statements of the Public Expenditure in that Period, Pàgina 2G. Wilkie, 1782 - 243 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 6.
Pàgina 81
... consequence of the disagreements which had broke out between this country and those colo- nies ; the beneficial commerce with Portugal was on the decline ; the Levant trade too , once fo profitable on ac- count of the demand which it ...
... consequence of the disagreements which had broke out between this country and those colo- nies ; the beneficial commerce with Portugal was on the decline ; the Levant trade too , once fo profitable on ac- count of the demand which it ...
Pàgina 84
... consequences , ferved to place commercial intercourfe , on a more folid and beneficial bafis , by inculcating wholesome caution and prudent referve . СНАР , III . Meeting of parliament - Embarrassments of the East - India Company - Plan ...
... consequences , ferved to place commercial intercourfe , on a more folid and beneficial bafis , by inculcating wholesome caution and prudent referve . СНАР , III . Meeting of parliament - Embarrassments of the East - India Company - Plan ...
Pàgina 110
... consequence after twelve hundred voters were disfranchifed . This was punishing one body of men for the faults of another , and changing the Eaft - India Com- pany from a democracy into an oligarchy . The act of power , by which this ...
... consequence after twelve hundred voters were disfranchifed . This was punishing one body of men for the faults of another , and changing the Eaft - India Com- pany from a democracy into an oligarchy . The act of power , by which this ...
Pàgina 179
... addrefs endeavoured to gain it over to the caufe of America , by representing that the certain consequences of unconditional fubmiffion being exacted from her , would be be the fubverfion of the conftitution of the mother - ( 179 ) .
... addrefs endeavoured to gain it over to the caufe of America , by representing that the certain consequences of unconditional fubmiffion being exacted from her , would be be the fubverfion of the conftitution of the mother - ( 179 ) .
Pàgina 226
... consequences , we ought to crush . this infant rebellion with every kind of force that we can collect , before our rivals and enemies can avail themselves of our fituation . The Houfe agreed to a motion made by Colonel Barré , that an ...
... consequences , we ought to crush . this infant rebellion with every kind of force that we can collect , before our rivals and enemies can avail themselves of our fituation . The Houfe agreed to a motion made by Colonel Barré , that an ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
act of parliament addrefs adminiſtration Admiral Keppel affembly againſt America anſwer army becauſe bill Bofton Britain Britiſh buſineſs caufed cauſe Colonies command commiffion Company conduct confequence confiderable confifting conftitution court crown declared diſcharged Earl enemy England Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame feamen fecurity feemed feffion fent ferved fervice feven fhewed fhips fhould figned fince firft firſt fituation fleet fome foon force fpirit France French ftate fubject fuch fuffered fupply fupport furniſhed Governor Great-Britain himſelf houfe houſe of Commons iffued increaſe inftances intereft iſlands juftice King kingdom laft laſt Lord Clive Lord North Majefty meaſures millions minifter miniftry moft moſt nation neceffary notwithſtanding occafion oppofition paffed parliament perfons petition poffeffed poffeffion Port Egmont prefent propofed proteft provifions province puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented revenue ſaid ſeveral ſhips Spain ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand troops uſed whilft
Passatges populars
Pàgina 196 - If then the removal of the causes of this spirit of American liberty be, for the greater part, or rather entirely, impracticable ; if the ideas of criminal process be inapplicable, or if applicable, are in the highest degree inexpedient ; what way yet remains ? No way is open, but the third and last — to comply with the American spirit as necessary ; or, if you please, to submit to it as a necessary evil.
Pàgina 188 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Pàgina 156 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Pàgina 306 - I mean that for a limitation of the claims of the crown upon landed estates ; and this for the relief of the Roman Catholics. By the former he has emancipated property ; by the latter he has quieted conscience : and by both, he has taught that grand lesson to government and subject — no longer to regard each other as adverse parties.
Pàgina 338 - ... but when that country professes the unnatural design not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself and her resources to our enemies, the whole contest is changed ; and the question is, how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin and for the aggrandizement of France.
Pàgina 248 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her...
Pàgina 292 - Your efforts are for ever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling...
Pàgina 291 - France, my lords, has insulted you ; she has encouraged and sustained America ; and whether America be wrong or right, the dignity of this country ought to spurn at the officious insult of French interference. The ministers and...
Pàgina 111 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, do of right belong to the State.
Pàgina 111 - State. 2. That to appropriate acquisitions so made to the private emolument of persons intrusted with any civil or military power of the State is illegal. 3. That very great sums of money, and other valuable property have been acquired in Bengal from Princes and others of that country, by persons...