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Side 7
... means , and rendered us the derision of the whole continent . And yet , in the speech of the king's commission- ers , ministers have the confidence , the unblushing confidence , to tell us of a victory gained to the country ! Are we ...
... means , and rendered us the derision of the whole continent . And yet , in the speech of the king's commission- ers , ministers have the confidence , the unblushing confidence , to tell us of a victory gained to the country ! Are we ...
Side 12
... means at Antwerp to full maturity . A well directed effort was made to destroy those means . This design , through various , unexpected , and unforeseen , because unascertain- able difficulties , had not been wholly accomplished ; yet ...
... means at Antwerp to full maturity . A well directed effort was made to destroy those means . This design , through various , unexpected , and unforeseen , because unascertain- able difficulties , had not been wholly accomplished ; yet ...
Side 21
... means to assist the individuals attached to it , and while they were so amply gifted with the means , it would be invidious to express a doubt , that men of their CHAP . 1. ] 21 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... means to assist the individuals attached to it , and while they were so amply gifted with the means , it would be invidious to express a doubt , that men of their CHAP . 1. ] 21 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
Side 22
... means of redress , but by means which involved the injured parties in greater expence than the fraudulent exaction amounted to . The tax itself was 20s . , ten of which went into the in- former's pocket ; and in general the fraudulent ...
... means of redress , but by means which involved the injured parties in greater expence than the fraudulent exaction amounted to . The tax itself was 20s . , ten of which went into the in- former's pocket ; and in general the fraudulent ...
Side 42
... means the paper had come to them from the king ; but could they say who was the author , by what organ , or through what channel it had reached the royal presence ? On the face of it it appeared to have been unofficial , and to have ...
... means the paper had come to them from the king ; but could they say who was the author , by what organ , or through what channel it had reached the royal presence ? On the face of it it appeared to have been unofficial , and to have ...
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Side 537 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...
Side 255 - In this new state of things, I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the 1st of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade, which they have wished to establish; or that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause their rights to be respected by...
Side 253 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by proclamation and if the other nation shall not within three months thereafter so revoke or modify her edicts in like manner...
Side v - An act to indemnify such persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments, and for extending the time limited for those purposes respectively...
Side 83 - Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall : for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law...
Side 515 - Omnium fell in the course of that day to lOJ discount. The discount, however, was finally reduced to about 4 per cent., and public credit speedily recovered. But the effect of the rash speculations to South America continued to show itself in numerous bankruptcies, and an alarm had been raised by a Report of a Committee of the House of Commons, which had been appointed to inquire into the state of bullion, — a prolific source of controversy and confusion, the history of which belongs to the annals...
Side 115 - February, 1769, was ordered to be expunged from the journals as " subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom.
Side 576 - Parliament proposes to provide for me, will make me undertake the charge with greater hopes that I may be able satisfactorily to fulfil the important duties which it must impose upon me. " Of the nature and importance of that charge, I cannot but be duly sensible, involving, as it does, every thing which is valuable to myself, as well as the highest interests of a people endeared to me by so many ties and considerations, but by nothing so strongly as by their steady, loyal, and affectionate attachment...