Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Volumen 2G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... Length of days be in her right hand , and in her left hand riches and honor ! May her ways be ways of pleasantness , and all her paths be peace ! " The only effort of a nature directly concilia- tory in the course of the present session ...
... Length of days be in her right hand , and in her left hand riches and honor ! May her ways be ways of pleasantness , and all her paths be peace ! " The only effort of a nature directly concilia- tory in the course of the present session ...
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... length from Quebec . The town of Boston is connected with the continent by a nar- row isthmus of considerable length , on which a military guard was placed , and the entrance of the neck fortified by order of government ; and so little ...
... length from Quebec . The town of Boston is connected with the continent by a nar- row isthmus of considerable length , on which a military guard was placed , and the entrance of the neck fortified by order of government ; and so little ...
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... length the General Congress , on which all America had their eyes now fixed , met at Phila- delphia for the first time , September 4 , 1774 . This assembly consisted of fifty - one members , delegated in such proportions from the ...
... length the General Congress , on which all America had their eyes now fixed , met at Phila- delphia for the first time , September 4 , 1774 . This assembly consisted of fifty - one members , delegated in such proportions from the ...
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... , daringly interposing themselves between your royal person and your faithful subjects , have at length compelled us by the force of accumulated injuries to disturb your XVL 1774 . BOOK majesty's repose by our complaints . GEORGE III . 79.
... , daringly interposing themselves between your royal person and your faithful subjects , have at length compelled us by the force of accumulated injuries to disturb your XVL 1774 . BOOK majesty's repose by our complaints . GEORGE III . 79.
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... length offered , that his majesty would be gra- ciously pleased to communicate the letters , or- ders , and instructions , relative to the execution of the late acts , it was negatived by a majority of 264 to 73. In the house of lords ...
... length offered , that his majesty would be gra- ciously pleased to communicate the letters , or- ders , and instructions , relative to the execution of the late acts , it was negatived by a majority of 264 to 73. In the house of lords ...
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Página 315 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 122 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
Página 313 - I cannot, my lords, I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation ; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Página 319 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord* frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
Página 117 - Brusa and Smyrna. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all ; and the whole of the force and vigor of his authority in his centre, is derived from a prudent relaxation, in all his borders.
Página 117 - Nothing worse happens to you than does to all nations who have extensive empire, and it happens in all the forms into which empire can be thrown. In large bodies the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities.
Página 141 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Página 90 - This glorious spirit of Whiggism animates three millions in America ; who prefer poverty with liberty to gilded chains and sordid affluence ; and who will die in defence of their rights as men, as freemen.
Página 62 - ... a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Página 120 - My idea, therefore, without considering whether we yield as matter of right or grant as matter of favor, is, to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the Constitution, and, by recording that admission in the...