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 |
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Pàgina 14
... occafion . Others , with great animation , endeavoured to ftir up the house to inflict fome fignal punishment on the principal inftigators to a cor- porate act , which , they said , had denied the authority of par- liament , infulted ...
... occafion . Others , with great animation , endeavoured to ftir up the house to inflict fome fignal punishment on the principal inftigators to a cor- porate act , which , they said , had denied the authority of par- liament , infulted ...
Pàgina 24
... occafion ; at the fame time that he acknowledged him to act agreeably to his general inftructions , and to his oath as governor ; the reftitution of Falkland's Islands was to be thereby acceeded to , without any injury to his catholic ...
... occafion ; at the fame time that he acknowledged him to act agreeably to his general inftructions , and to his oath as governor ; the reftitution of Falkland's Islands was to be thereby acceeded to , without any injury to his catholic ...
Pàgina 25
... occafion the nation felt itself infulted , and called for vengeance ; but our national strength was not found ade- quate to great undertakings ; our navy , the pride and the protection of England , during an eight year's peace , had ...
... occafion the nation felt itself infulted , and called for vengeance ; but our national strength was not found ade- quate to great undertakings ; our navy , the pride and the protection of England , during an eight year's peace , had ...
Pàgina 27
... occafion , diffimilar to that which has been adopted on all our difputes with Spain , in former reigns : if it did not refemble the fpirited attacks made by Queen Elizabeth , as foon as the difcovered the intentions of the Spanish ...
... occafion , diffimilar to that which has been adopted on all our difputes with Spain , in former reigns : if it did not refemble the fpirited attacks made by Queen Elizabeth , as foon as the difcovered the intentions of the Spanish ...
Pàgina 44
... occafion , affembled in vaft crowds , and many violences were committed on fuch members of parliament as had in- curred their refentment . The whole ftrength of the civil power was exerted on this occafion , to repel the popular fury ...
... occafion , affembled in vaft crowds , and many violences were committed on fuch members of parliament as had in- curred their refentment . The whole ftrength of the civil power was exerted on this occafion , to repel the popular fury ...
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...