The History of England, Band 2A. J. Valpy, 1835 |
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... military prepara- tions - General Gage seizes on the stores , & c . - Meeting of dele- gates from the towns of Suffolk county - Acts and proclamations of the same - Remonstrance to the governor , and his answer- He dissolves the new ...
... military prepara- tions - General Gage seizes on the stores , & c . - Meeting of dele- gates from the towns of Suffolk county - Acts and proclamations of the same - Remonstrance to the governor , and his answer- He dissolves the new ...
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... military , which had been incurred on its account by government . In the course of this scrutiny , many im- portant questions arose and were discussed : amongst others , the company's right to any territorial acquisition , as also to a ...
... military , which had been incurred on its account by government . In the course of this scrutiny , many im- portant questions arose and were discussed : amongst others , the company's right to any territorial acquisition , as also to a ...
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... military powers ; its members were sent off guarded for transportation , like those at Madrid ; and their effects seized and sealed up : the same measures were put into execution at the same hour in every part of Spain : the strictest ...
... military powers ; its members were sent off guarded for transportation , like those at Madrid ; and their effects seized and sealed up : the same measures were put into execution at the same hour in every part of Spain : the strictest ...
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... military magazine , towards breaking the fortunes and depressing the spirit of the nobility ; for drawing the common people from their reliance on the natural interests of the country , to an immediate dependence on the crown ; and ...
... military magazine , towards breaking the fortunes and depressing the spirit of the nobility ; for drawing the common people from their reliance on the natural interests of the country , to an immediate dependence on the crown ; and ...
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... military power , another Cæsar should arise , and usurp the authority of his master . ' The house likewise addressed a petition to the king ; and sent letters , signed by their speaker , to the marquis of Rocking- ham , the earl of ...
... military power , another Cæsar should arise , and usurp the authority of his master . ' The house likewise addressed a petition to the king ; and sent letters , signed by their speaker , to the marquis of Rocking- ham , the earl of ...
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acknowleged administration affairs American appointed arms army arrived assembly attack attempt authority bill Boston Britain British British army brought cabinet charge civil colonel colonies colonists commander committee conduct congress constitution contest council court crown debate declared defended duke of Grafton duty earl effect election enemy England expedition force France Franklin governor honor house of commons house of lords India jury justice king king's legislature letter liberty lord Camden lord Chatham lord Clive lord Cornwallis lord John Cavendish lord Mansfield lord North lordship Louis XV majesty Massachussetts means measures ment military ministers ministry motion nation officers opinion opposed opposition parliament party passed peace persons petition possession present principles proceedings proposed province received refused repeal resistance resolution revenue Rohillas royal sent session ships soon speech spirit taxation tion took treaty troops vote Washington whilst Wilkes
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 192 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
Seite 339 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Seite 338 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 192 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Seite 43 - Majesty's servants, at the desire of several persons of quality, for the benefit of Mr. Wilkes and at the expense of the Constitution...
Seite 190 - Brusa and Smyrna. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all; and the whole of the force and vigor of his authority in his centre, is derived from a prudent relaxation in all his borders.
Seite 191 - My idea, therefore, without considering whether we yield as matter of right or grant as matter of favor, is, to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the Constitution, and, by recording that admission in the...
Seite 177 - Their situation is truly unworthy, penned up— pining in inglorious inactivity. They are an army of impotence. You may call them an army of safety and of guard; but they are in truth an army of impotence and contempt; and, to make the folly equal to the disgrace, they are an army of irritation and vexation.
Seite 134 - I know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies...
Seite 180 - A Provisional Act, for settling the Troubles in America, and for asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending Power of Great Britain over the Colonies.