A View of the History of Great Britain: During the Administration of Lord North, to the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament ... with Statements of the Public Expenditure in that Period, Side 2G. Wilkie, 1782 - 243 sider |
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Side 5
... English who supported the cause of religion and liberty in the Low Countries , and was wounded in the engagement before Zutphen , in which Sir Philip Sidney was flain . His fon died in the Netherlands , and his grandfon , Dudley Lord ...
... English who supported the cause of religion and liberty in the Low Countries , and was wounded in the engagement before Zutphen , in which Sir Philip Sidney was flain . His fon died in the Netherlands , and his grandfon , Dudley Lord ...
Side 11
... English De- mofthenes . Whilft he was leading minifter in the house of Commons , Mr. Grenville opposed a measure , which was carrying thro ' that house , by asking , where we should find men ? where we fhould find money ? where we ...
... English De- mofthenes . Whilft he was leading minifter in the house of Commons , Mr. Grenville opposed a measure , which was carrying thro ' that house , by asking , where we should find men ? where we fhould find money ? where we ...
Side 16
... English houfe of Commons de- fcanted with great fpirit on this tranfaction ; the conduct of government was cenfured with freedom : it was charged with having cajoled the parliament of Ireland out of a large fum of money , for the ...
... English houfe of Commons de- fcanted with great fpirit on this tranfaction ; the conduct of government was cenfured with freedom : it was charged with having cajoled the parliament of Ireland out of a large fum of money , for the ...
Side 21
... English a few years before had made a fettlement , by erecting a fort which they called Egmont , and where two floops then lay . The Spanish commander , Don Ma- dariaga , fummoned the fort to furrender to the catholic king ; which being ...
... English a few years before had made a fettlement , by erecting a fort which they called Egmont , and where two floops then lay . The Spanish commander , Don Ma- dariaga , fummoned the fort to furrender to the catholic king ; which being ...
Side 22
... English claim was founded upon a difcovery made of them in the reign of Queen Elizabeth . That the court of Spain fhould look with a jealous eye on a fettlement made by the English , in a part of the world where the Spaniards had ...
... English claim was founded upon a difcovery made of them in the reign of Queen Elizabeth . That the court of Spain fhould look with a jealous eye on a fettlement made by the English , in a part of the world where the Spaniards had ...
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act of parliament addrefs adminiſtration Admiral Keppel affembly againſt America anſwer army becauſe bill Bofton Britain Britiſh buſineſs caufed cauſe Colonies command commiffion Company conduct confequence confiderable confifting conftitution court crown declared diſcharged Earl enemy England Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame feamen fecurity feemed feffion fent ferved fervice feven fhewed fhips fhould figned fince firft firſt fituation fleet fome foon force fpirit France French ftate fubject fuch fuffered fupply fupport furniſhed Governor Great-Britain himſelf houfe houſe of Commons iffued increaſe inftances intereft iſlands juftice King kingdom laft laſt Lord Clive Lord North Majefty meaſures millions minifter miniftry moft moſt nation neceffary notwithſtanding occafion oppofition paffed parliament perfons petition poffeffed poffeffion Port Egmont prefent propofed proteft provifions province puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented revenue ſaid ſeveral ſhips Spain ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand troops uſed whilft
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Side 196 - If then the removal of the causes of this spirit of American liberty be, for the greater part, or rather entirely, impracticable ; if the ideas of criminal process be inapplicable, or if applicable, are in the highest degree inexpedient ; what way yet remains ? No way is open, but the third and last — to comply with the American spirit as necessary ; or, if you please, to submit to it as a necessary evil.
Side 188 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Side 156 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Side 306 - I mean that for a limitation of the claims of the crown upon landed estates ; and this for the relief of the Roman Catholics. By the former he has emancipated property ; by the latter he has quieted conscience : and by both, he has taught that grand lesson to government and subject — no longer to regard each other as adverse parties.
Side 338 - ... but when that country professes the unnatural design not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself and her resources to our enemies, the whole contest is changed ; and the question is, how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin and for the aggrandizement of France.
Side 248 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her...
Side 292 - Your efforts are for ever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling...
Side 291 - France, my lords, has insulted you ; she has encouraged and sustained America ; and whether America be wrong or right, the dignity of this country ought to spurn at the officious insult of French interference. The ministers and...
Side 111 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, do of right belong to the State.
Side 111 - State. 2. That to appropriate acquisitions so made to the private emolument of persons intrusted with any civil or military power of the State is illegal. 3. That very great sums of money, and other valuable property have been acquired in Bengal from Princes and others of that country, by persons...