Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Band 2G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... defence . " We must , " said one of these gentlemen , addressing the jury , “ steel ourselves against prepossessions which contami- nate the fountain of justice . To your candor and impartiality I submit the prisoners and their cause ...
... defence . " We must , " said one of these gentlemen , addressing the jury , “ steel ourselves against prepossessions which contami- nate the fountain of justice . To your candor and impartiality I submit the prisoners and their cause ...
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... defence of it . " On the meeting of the general court of Mas- sachusetts , A. D. 1774 , the house of representa- tives seemed in no respect disposed to recede from the highest claims and pretensions they had formed . On the contrary ...
... defence of it . " On the meeting of the general court of Mas- sachusetts , A. D. 1774 , the house of representa- tives seemed in no respect disposed to recede from the highest claims and pretensions they had formed . On the contrary ...
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... defence . To such measures he trusted they would never submit . " The house divided 127 to 24. In the upper house this ty- rannical bill was opposed by the marquis of Rockingham with all the weight and authority of a great statesman ...
... defence . To such measures he trusted they would never submit . " The house divided 127 to 24. In the upper house this ty- rannical bill was opposed by the marquis of Rockingham with all the weight and authority of a great statesman ...
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... defence , and found guilty of the charge . But here a whole people are accused , prosecuted by they know not whom , proved guilty they know not how , and sentenced to inevitable ruin . " The rough drafts of the bills for altering the ...
... defence , and found guilty of the charge . But here a whole people are accused , prosecuted by they know not whom , proved guilty they know not how , and sentenced to inevitable ruin . " The rough drafts of the bills for altering the ...
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... defence , protection , and security in time of peace , their militias , if properly regulated , would be fully sufficient ; and in case of war , his faithful colonists will be ready and willing , as they have ever been when ...
... defence , protection , and security in time of peace , their militias , if properly regulated , would be fully sufficient ; and in case of war , his faithful colonists will be ready and willing , as they have ever been when ...
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Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...