The History of England, Band 2A. J. Valpy, 1835 |
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... observed , that his particular ac- knowlegements were due to the commons for the liberal pro- vision they had made for his family ; alluding to three annuities of £ 8000 each , which had been settled on his brothers , the dukes of York ...
... observed , that his particular ac- knowlegements were due to the commons for the liberal pro- vision they had made for his family ; alluding to three annuities of £ 8000 each , which had been settled on his brothers , the dukes of York ...
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... observed , that if all the catholic states should think proper to expatriate their Jesuits and consign them to his disposal , not only the states of the church , but all Italy would be too small to support its new inhabitants . In the ...
... observed , that if all the catholic states should think proper to expatriate their Jesuits and consign them to his disposal , not only the states of the church , but all Italy would be too small to support its new inhabitants . In the ...
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... observed , appre- hends that it would be grievous , and of dangerous tendency , if the crown should not only appoint governors over the colonies , but allow them such stipends as it shall judge proper , at the ENG . XV . 6 B expense of ...
... observed , appre- hends that it would be grievous , and of dangerous tendency , if the crown should not only appoint governors over the colonies , but allow them such stipends as it shall judge proper , at the ENG . XV . 6 B expense of ...
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... observed , ought ever to meet with a favorable reception from the duke of Grafton . This application was treated with neglect and disdain : so that Wilkes , in retirement , reflecting on his repeated mortifica- tions and the ...
... observed , ought ever to meet with a favorable reception from the duke of Grafton . This application was treated with neglect and disdain : so that Wilkes , in retirement , reflecting on his repeated mortifica- tions and the ...
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... observations , in a southern latitude , on the transit of Venus over the sun , and to explore the Pacific ocean : he was ac- companied by the late Sir Joseph Banks , Dr. Solander a scientific Swede , and Mr. Charles Green , the ...
... observations , in a southern latitude , on the transit of Venus over the sun , and to explore the Pacific ocean : he was ac- companied by the late Sir Joseph Banks , Dr. Solander a scientific Swede , and Mr. Charles Green , the ...
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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.