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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... ministry , will ever be one of its most im- portant periods , although it furnishes few mate- rials to dignify and grace the hiftoric page . It is filled with eventful operations , but not with bril- liant actions ; and to relate them ...
... ministry , will ever be one of its most im- portant periods , although it furnishes few mate- rials to dignify and grace the hiftoric page . It is filled with eventful operations , but not with bril- liant actions ; and to relate them ...
Side 8
... minister's at- tention . The company paid a duty of 25 per cent . on their exported teas , which greatly inhanced the price at the market , and enabled the Dutch to fupply the colonies much cheaper : this duty was therefore difcontinued ...
... minister's at- tention . The company paid a duty of 25 per cent . on their exported teas , which greatly inhanced the price at the market , and enabled the Dutch to fupply the colonies much cheaper : this duty was therefore difcontinued ...
Side 9
... ministry , but as the sense of the house went with it , it paffed into a law † . * March 7. 1770 . The During the next feffion of parliament , the benefit of this act be- came apparent . A contested election for the borough of New Shore ...
... ministry , but as the sense of the house went with it , it paffed into a law † . * March 7. 1770 . The During the next feffion of parliament , the benefit of this act be- came apparent . A contested election for the borough of New Shore ...
Side 17
... ministry studiously avoided bringing the business un- der difcuffion , and the feffion was closed on the nineteenth of May . The expence of the fervices for the year 1770 , amounted to 7,455,0421 . For the land forces in Great - Bri ...
... ministry studiously avoided bringing the business un- der difcuffion , and the feffion was closed on the nineteenth of May . The expence of the fervices for the year 1770 , amounted to 7,455,0421 . For the land forces in Great - Bri ...
Side 25
... minister * This ftipulation was one of the first acts of the miniftry who fucceeded Mr. Pitt , and stamps an indelible disgrace on all concerned . It was a flagrant act of injuftice to make a fecret bargain , whereby 30,000 men were ...
... minister * This ftipulation was one of the first acts of the miniftry who fucceeded Mr. Pitt , and stamps an indelible disgrace on all concerned . It was a flagrant act of injuftice to make a fecret bargain , whereby 30,000 men were ...
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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...