History of the eighteenth century and of the nineteenth till the overthrow of the French empire, tr., with a preface and notes, by D. Davison, Band 5 |
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... Holland . . . . . 246 ...... SECT . III . - English History . - Naval War . - Siege of Gibraltar . -Ministries till Pitt's India Bill in 1784 .... 272 SECT . IV . - Contest between Fox and Pitt till 1784 294 CHAPTER II . PERIOD OF ...
... Holland . . . . . 246 ...... SECT . III . - English History . - Naval War . - Siege of Gibraltar . -Ministries till Pitt's India Bill in 1784 .... 272 SECT . IV . - Contest between Fox and Pitt till 1784 294 CHAPTER II . PERIOD OF ...
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... Holland and France , till the year 1788 356 a . Belgium .. 356 b . Disturbances in Holland , and Frederick William II . of Prussia 373 c . France 398 HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . CHAPTER IV . ( iv CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.
... Holland and France , till the year 1788 356 a . Belgium .. 356 b . Disturbances in Holland , and Frederick William II . of Prussia 373 c . France 398 HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . CHAPTER IV . ( iv CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.
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... Holland , who had always defended Bute , and was esteemed a venal and ava- * He was allowed to strike out the word purport , and introduce tenor in its stead . ricious man . Grenville's efforts to have these three persons §1 . ] 55 ...
... Holland , who had always defended Bute , and was esteemed a venal and ava- * He was allowed to strike out the word purport , and introduce tenor in its stead . ricious man . Grenville's efforts to have these three persons §1 . ] 55 ...
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... Holland , who under the name of Fox gained great re- putation as a member of the opposition in the reign of George II . , but afterwards sold himself to the ministry , collected wealth , and became generally despised . In 1772 he ...
... Holland , who under the name of Fox gained great re- putation as a member of the opposition in the reign of George II . , but afterwards sold himself to the ministry , collected wealth , and became generally despised . In 1772 he ...
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... HOLLAND . In the year 1781 the English were threatened with the union of all the neutral powers of Europe , with Russia at their head , against their usurped authority on the sea ; the matter however went no further than rumour , and we ...
... HOLLAND . In the year 1781 the English were threatened with the union of all the neutral powers of Europe , with Russia at their head , against their usurped authority on the sea ; the matter however went no further than rumour , and we ...
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Seite 299 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Seite 60 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone.
Seite 200 - A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some to be set in the lids of snuffboxes, and some so small as to be worn in rings ; and the numbers sold are incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere,) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon...
Seite 314 - His Majesty allowed Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy ; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger and more to the purpose.
Seite 299 - For this purpose you are to make the most candid and confidential communications upon all subjects to the ministers of our generous ally the King of France, to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge and concurrence and ultimately to govern yourselves by their advice and Opinion...
Seite 308 - An Act for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Seite 75 - ... living, reduced to this conclusion, that instead of the arbitrary power of a king, we must submit to the arbitrary power of a house of commons?
Seite 73 - They will either conelude that our distresses were imaginary, or that we had the good fortune to be governed by men of acknowledged integrity and wisdom: they will not believe it possible that their ancestors could have survived, or recovered from so desperate a condition, while a Duke of Grafton was Prime Minister...
Seite 94 - The Lords of the Committee do agree humbly to report, as their opinion, to your Majesty, that the said petition is founded upon resolutions formed upon false and erroneous allegations; and that the same is groundless, vexatious, and scandalous; and calculated only for the seditious purposes of keeping up a spirit of clamor and discontent in the said province.
Seite 77 - Under the same secret and malign influence, which, through each successive administration, has defeated every good, and suggested every bad, intention, the majority of the House of Commons have deprived your people of their dearest rights. They have done a deed more ruinous in its consequences than the levying of ship-money by Charles the First, or the dispensing power assumed by James the Second.