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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... lordship an account of their transactions . This imperious demand was conceived precisely in the spirit of a mandate of the French king to his parliaments , but fortunately it could not be enforced by lettres de cachet . If French par ...
... lordship an account of their transactions . This imperious demand was conceived precisely in the spirit of a mandate of the French king to his parliaments , but fortunately it could not be enforced by lettres de cachet . If French par ...
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... lordship , with regard to the mode in which the resolution had passed the house , was corrected ; and the house then agreed on a message to the governor , in which they said- " It is to us incomprehensible that we should be required ...
... lordship , with regard to the mode in which the resolution had passed the house , was corrected ; and the house then agreed on a message to the governor , in which they said- " It is to us incomprehensible that we should be required ...
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... lordship said , " It is his ma- jesty's PLEASURE that you should , immediately on the receipt hereof , exert your utmost influ- ence to defeat this flagitious attempt to disturb the public peace , by prevailing upon the as- sembly of ...
... lordship said , " It is his ma- jesty's PLEASURE that you should , immediately on the receipt hereof , exert your utmost influ- ence to defeat this flagitious attempt to disturb the public peace , by prevailing upon the as- sembly of ...
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... lordship , by a pleasant mistake , not recollecting it to be the esta- blished and chartered privilege of that house to sit on their own adjournments , and that the go- vernor had no power to dissolve them . In the midst of the ferment ...
... lordship , by a pleasant mistake , not recollecting it to be the esta- blished and chartered privilege of that house to sit on their own adjournments , and that the go- vernor had no power to dissolve them . In the midst of the ferment ...
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... lordship will forgive me , " says the chancellor , " for saying , that though I am responsible for the minute , as it is taken down , I am not for the letter . - I confess I do not expect that this letter will give much satis- faction ...
... lordship will forgive me , " says the chancellor , " for saying , that though I am responsible for the minute , as it is taken down , I am not for the letter . - I confess I do not expect that this letter will give much satis- faction ...
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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...