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 30
... kingdoms , our miniftry agreed , that this king- dom fhould be the firft to difarm ; confiding in the affurances of France and Spain , that they would follow her example . mediate mediate rupture with Great - Britain ; and , although [ 30 ...
... kingdoms , our miniftry agreed , that this king- dom fhould be the firft to difarm ; confiding in the affurances of France and Spain , that they would follow her example . mediate mediate rupture with Great - Britain ; and , although [ 30 ...
Side 31
... kingdom was fo unequal to a naval contest with us , and the wealth annually drawn from the new world , would be thereby fo much hazarded , that to precipitate a war , appeared to be a folly of the first magnitude . Against these motives ...
... kingdom was fo unequal to a naval contest with us , and the wealth annually drawn from the new world , would be thereby fo much hazarded , that to precipitate a war , appeared to be a folly of the first magnitude . Against these motives ...
Side 49
... kingdom , is the moft fingular and remarkable . Fourteen years had not elapfed , fince their principal set- tlement in Bengal , became fubject to a barbarous enemy , and their governor , council , and chief officers , were driven , like ...
... kingdom , is the moft fingular and remarkable . Fourteen years had not elapfed , fince their principal set- tlement in Bengal , became fubject to a barbarous enemy , and their governor , council , and chief officers , were driven , like ...
Side 50
... kingdom , which was independent of parliament for its pay ; that the introducing of foreign troops was con- trary to the act of fettlement ; and , that it was highly dan gerous to establish fuch a precedent . The replies made to thefe ...
... kingdom , which was independent of parliament for its pay ; that the introducing of foreign troops was con- trary to the act of fettlement ; and , that it was highly dan gerous to establish fuch a precedent . The replies made to thefe ...
Side 65
... kingdom totally dependent on the crown . The age of twenty - one years appears to be the limit which the laws of this country , and the spirit of the conftitution , have , with great wifdom , given to minority . It seems in- decent to ...
... kingdom totally dependent on the crown . The age of twenty - one years appears to be the limit which the laws of this country , and the spirit of the conftitution , have , with great wifdom , given to minority . It seems in- decent to ...
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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...