Popular History of England, Volumen 6Bradbury, Evans, 1860 |
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... from the south was left open instead of being resolutely defended . Patten says that general Wills expected that the rebels would have made a stand * " Lancashire Memorials , " quoted in Burton . 14 SURRENDER OF THE REBELS . ( 1715 . at.
... from the south was left open instead of being resolutely defended . Patten says that general Wills expected that the rebels would have made a stand * " Lancashire Memorials , " quoted in Burton . 14 SURRENDER OF THE REBELS . ( 1715 . at.
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... defended on this occasion by the plea of impending danger or useful example . " * " During a debate in the Lords upon the conduct of the South Sea Directors , the duke of Wharton , as profligate as he was able , made a furious attack ...
... defended on this occasion by the plea of impending danger or useful example . " * " During a debate in the Lords upon the conduct of the South Sea Directors , the duke of Wharton , as profligate as he was able , made a furious attack ...
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... defended himself with great ingenuity and eloquence . ... The debate amongst the Peers on the question that the Bill do pass was remarkable for the constitutional opposition of lord Cowper , the ex - chan- cellor . He said , " My Lords ...
... defended himself with great ingenuity and eloquence . ... The debate amongst the Peers on the question that the Bill do pass was remarkable for the constitutional opposition of lord Cowper , the ex - chan- cellor . He said , " My Lords ...
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... defended sea - board of Scotland , as the haunts of the most daring bands of systematic smugglers . Two such persons , named Wilson and Robertson , having had some goods seized by the officers of revenue , entered with two associates ...
... defended sea - board of Scotland , as the haunts of the most daring bands of systematic smugglers . Two such persons , named Wilson and Robertson , having had some goods seized by the officers of revenue , entered with two associates ...
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... defended But my orders not to fight . that in this rolling ocean Oh I had cast them with disdain , And obey'd my heart's warm motion , To have quell'd the pride of Spain . " The ministry determined to let Vernon , the popular hero ...
... defended But my orders not to fight . that in this rolling ocean Oh I had cast them with disdain , And obey'd my heart's warm motion , To have quell'd the pride of Spain . " The ministry determined to let Vernon , the popular hero ...
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Página 337 - 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 378 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Página 363 - 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 458 - 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 440 - 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 274 - 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 341 - 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 443 - 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 295 - 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 379 - 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.