Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament Ending A. D. 1793: I-IVRobinson, 1801 - 431 páginas |
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... stadtholder , too afflicting to antici- pate ? Was the state of Ireland such as to make war desirable ? This was said to be a subject too delicate to touch upon ; but he approved not of that delicacy which taught men to shut their eyes ...
... stadtholder , too afflicting to antici- pate ? Was the state of Ireland such as to make war desirable ? This was said to be a subject too delicate to touch upon ; but he approved not of that delicacy which taught men to shut their eyes ...
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... stadtholder solicited the States- General to make an extraordinary levy through- out the provinces , but without effect . Dis- affection , distrust , or at best apathy , every where prevailed , and a speedy revolution in the govern ...
... stadtholder solicited the States- General to make an extraordinary levy through- out the provinces , but without effect . Dis- affection , distrust , or at best apathy , every where prevailed , and a speedy revolution in the govern ...
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... stadtholder endea- voured by manifestoes and proclamations to in- duce the Dutch nation to rise in a mass for the defence of their country . He who had long been the object of their hatred now became no less so of their contempt ...
... stadtholder endea- voured by manifestoes and proclamations to in- duce the Dutch nation to rise in a mass for the defence of their country . He who had long been the object of their hatred now became no less so of their contempt ...
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... stadtholder with his family , not 1794. without difficulty , and attended by all the marks of popular resentment during his short abode at the Hague , made his escape in an open boat from Scheveling on the 19th of January . On the ...
... stadtholder with his family , not 1794. without difficulty , and attended by all the marks of popular resentment during his short abode at the Hague , made his escape in an open boat from Scheveling on the 19th of January . On the ...
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... stadtholder and 1795 , the people of the Seven United Provinces ; re- garding the latter as enemies only so far as they entered into the views and measures of the for- mer , which it was notorious that a vast majority of them ...
... stadtholder and 1795 , the people of the Seven United Provinces ; re- garding the latter as enemies only so far as they entered into the views and measures of the for- mer , which it was notorious that a vast majority of them ...
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Términos y frases comunes
allies ambassador appeared arms army assembly atheism Austrians avowed Battle of Neerwinden bill BOOK Britain British Catholics cause Clairfait command committee conduct consequence constitution Convention Corsica court of London danger debate declared decree duke of York Dumouriez Dutch earl emperor enemy engaged England English established Europe evacuate executive exertions force Gironde government of France Grey Holland honorable house of peers Ireland Jacobin justice king king of Prussia kingdom Klundert land Landreci liberty lord Fitzwilliam lord Grenville lordship majesty March marquis ment military monarchy motion moved nation negatived negotiation neutrality object occasion Paris parliament party passed peace persons Pichegru Pitt political present prince of Cobourg principles proceedings Prussian question reform religion republic republican resolution restore retreat Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre sentiments session Sheridan siege speech spirit stadtholder success surrendered tion took Toulon treason treaty troops Vendée
Pasajes populares
Página 284 - of LAW there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, — the very least, as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 115 - THAT they shall stop and detain all ships laden with goods, the produce of any colony belonging to France, or carrying provisions or other supplies for the use of any such colony, and shall bring the same, with their cargoes, to legal adjudication in our courts of admiralty.
Página 71 - Majesty's subjects from their oath of allegiance, upon any pretext whatsoever ? 3. Is there any principle in the tenets of the Catholic Faith, by which Catholics are justified in not keeping faith with heretics, or other persons differing from them in religious opinions, in any transaction, either of a public or a private nature...
Página 265 - The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion, that, contrary to the order of human events, they will, forever, keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
Página 59 - Your Petitioners complain, that the elective franchise is so partially and unequally distributed, and is in so many instances committed to bodies of men of such very limited numbers, that the majority of your honourable House is elected by less than fifteen thousand electors, which, even if the male adults in the kingdom be estimated at so low a number as three millions, is not more than the two hundredth part of the people to be represented.
Página 254 - Asia, which has ever been esteemed the nurse of sciences, the inventress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, fertile in the productions of human genius, abounding in natural wonders, and infinitely diversified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, customs, and languages, as well as in the features and complexions of men.
Página 105 - In one country, and that the centre of Christendom, revelation underwent a total eclipse ; while atheism, performing on a darkened theatre its strange and fearful tragedy, confounded the first elements of society, blended every age, rank, and sex, in indiscriminate proscription and massacre, and convulsed all Europe to its centre ; that the imperishable memorial of these events might teach...
Página 265 - If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war.
Página 232 - ... peculiar transaction of the prisoners, but of immense bodies of the King's subjects in various parts of the kingdom, assembled without the smallest reserve, and giving to the public, through the channel of the daily newspapers, a minute and regular journal of their whole proceedings.
Página 245 - This man, of masculine mind, though disgusted at the disorder which Lord George Gordon created, felt a triumph in his acquittal, and exclaimed, as we learn from Mr. Boswell, " I hate Lord G. Gordon, but I am glad he was not convicted of this constructive treason; for, though I hate him, I love my country and myself.