The History of England, Band 2A. J. Valpy, 1835 |
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... Whilst it was argued on one side , that from the costly protection afforded to the company , government had an equitable claim to the reve- nues of all territory acquired by conquest ; it was denied , on the other , that the crown had ...
... Whilst it was argued on one side , that from the costly protection afforded to the company , government had an equitable claim to the reve- nues of all territory acquired by conquest ; it was denied , on the other , that the crown had ...
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... while the subject was under parliamentary discussion , a general court of proprietors had been held , at which the ... whilst a long argumentative protest was signed against it by nineteen of the peers . Among the different expedients ...
... while the subject was under parliamentary discussion , a general court of proprietors had been held , at which the ... whilst a long argumentative protest was signed against it by nineteen of the peers . Among the different expedients ...
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... whilst it was scarcely possible for ministers not to conceive a deadly aver- sion to an ambitious , meddling society , which had so often affected their credit with the prince , and destroyed in the con- fessional what had been resolved ...
... whilst it was scarcely possible for ministers not to conceive a deadly aver- sion to an ambitious , meddling society , which had so often affected their credit with the prince , and destroyed in the con- fessional what had been resolved ...
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... while Sardinia , the only other power particularly interested in the transaction , was too weak to counteract the designs of France . The Corsicans , when informed of this sale of themselves and their country , held a general meeting ...
... while Sardinia , the only other power particularly interested in the transaction , was too weak to counteract the designs of France . The Corsicans , when informed of this sale of themselves and their country , held a general meeting ...
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... whilst it delights the present age , enlightens and instructs posterity . In America , the new revenue act , imposing duties on various articles of merchandise , excited great resentment ; and the obvious marks of weak and wavering ...
... whilst it delights the present age , enlightens and instructs posterity . In America , the new revenue act , imposing duties on various articles of merchandise , excited great resentment ; and the obvious marks of weak and wavering ...
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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.