Popular History of England, Volumen 6Bradbury, Evans, 1860 |
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... carried by a large majority . The Address of the Commons was still more pointed against the latter advisers of queen Anne . The Pretender's hopes , it was said , " were built upon the measures that had been taken for some time past in ...
... carried by a large majority . The Address of the Commons was still more pointed against the latter advisers of queen Anne . The Pretender's hopes , it was said , " were built upon the measures that had been taken for some time past in ...
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... carried away by a gust of wind . The chiefs separated , to send the fiery cross through their districts , at whose sight their vassals were expected to prepare to appear in arms at a general rendezvous . Mar accompanied the signal by a ...
... carried away by a gust of wind . The chiefs separated , to send the fiery cross through their districts , at whose sight their vassals were expected to prepare to appear in arms at a general rendezvous . Mar accompanied the signal by a ...
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... carried across to landing - places on the southern coast of the Forth , near North Ber- wick . Another detachment , which sailed later , was not so successful ; for the government vessels were then on the alert , and a portion of the ...
... carried across to landing - places on the southern coast of the Forth , near North Ber- wick . Another detachment , which sailed later , was not so successful ; for the government vessels were then on the alert , and a portion of the ...
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... carried across to landing - places on the southern coast of the Forth , near North Ber- wick . Another detachment , which sailed later , was not so successful ; for the government vessels were then on the alert , and a portion of the ...
... carried across to landing - places on the southern coast of the Forth , near North Ber- wick . Another detachment , which sailed later , was not so successful ; for the government vessels were then on the alert , and a portion of the ...
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... carried their impeachments to the bar of the House of Lords . In a few days the articles against the seven noblemen were presented to the Peers ; and on the 19th of January , they knelt at the bar , and each delivered his answer to the ...
... carried their impeachments to the bar of the House of Lords . In a few days the articles against the seven noblemen were presented to the Peers ; and on the 19th of January , they knelt at the bar , and each delivered his answer to the ...
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Página 341 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 382 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Página 367 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
Página 462 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 444 - Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wilderness of free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the universe.
Página 278 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Página 345 - England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle rather than a formed body...
Página 447 - I am now to address a free people : ages have passed away, and this is the first moment in which you could be distinguished by that appellation.
Página 299 - Power without right is the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination. It is not only pernicious to those who are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend (Lord Lyttleton) has truly described it,
Página 383 - I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things ; starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.