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... raised in their behalf . Burke upon a motion to repeal the Tea Duty ( a motion certainly not well timed , and which accordingly numbered only forty- nine supporters , ) had made one of the most admired of * Parl . Hist . vol . xviii . p ...
... raised in their behalf . Burke upon a motion to repeal the Tea Duty ( a motion certainly not well timed , and which accordingly numbered only forty- nine supporters , ) had made one of the most admired of * Parl . Hist . vol . xviii . p ...
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... raise their fortunes on the ruin of their neighbours . Other Resolutions be- tokening in their terms no slight ferment of the public mind were passed at various meetings of the towns and counties . But far beyond them all in vehemence ...
... raise their fortunes on the ruin of their neighbours . Other Resolutions be- tokening in their terms no slight ferment of the public mind were passed at various meetings of the towns and counties . But far beyond them all in vehemence ...
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... raised that he designed to blockade the town , and reduce the inhabit- ants by famine . He found his intended works obstructed at every turn ; his supplies of straw were set on fire ; his boats conveying bricks were sunk ; his waggons ...
... raised that he designed to blockade the town , and reduce the inhabit- ants by famine . He found his intended works obstructed at every turn ; his supplies of straw were set on fire ; his boats conveying bricks were sunk ; his waggons ...
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... raise far greater supplies . And surely had Lord Chatham's scheme prevailed their feelings would have been involved . They would have been pleased and proud to show that their previous refusal to pay taxes sprung from principle and not ...
... raise far greater supplies . And surely had Lord Chatham's scheme prevailed their feelings would have been involved . They would have been pleased and proud to show that their previous refusal to pay taxes sprung from principle and not ...
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Seite 63 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Seite 48 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Seite 203 - ... against your Protestant brethren; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war.
Seite 307 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 202 - That God and nature put into our hands ! " I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife — to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering...
Seite 230 - ... why is not the latter commenced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this kingdom ; but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know them not. But, my Lords, any state is better than despair. Let us at least make one effort ; and if we must fall, let us fall like men...
Seite 22 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 22 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Seite 34 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Seite 111 - The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.