Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament Ending A. D. 1793, Volumen2G. G. and J. Robinson, 1801 |
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... Massachusetts Assembly to the King New Modification of the American Tea Duty Tumults consequent thereupon in the Colonies Session of Parliament Boston Port Bill -- Bill for Subverting the Charter of Massachusetts Bill for the Subversion ...
... Massachusetts Assembly to the King New Modification of the American Tea Duty Tumults consequent thereupon in the Colonies Session of Parliament Boston Port Bill -- Bill for Subverting the Charter of Massachusetts Bill for the Subversion ...
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... Massachusetts . Bill for the Subversion of the Judicial Power in the Province of Massachusetts . Bill for the Establishment of Despotism in Canada . Speech of Lord ' Chatham on American Affairs . Motion for the Repeal of the Duty on Tea ...
... Massachusetts . Bill for the Subversion of the Judicial Power in the Province of Massachusetts . Bill for the Establishment of Despotism in Canada . Speech of Lord ' Chatham on American Affairs . Motion for the Repeal of the Duty on Tea ...
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... Massachusetts being call- ed together in the courfe of the fummer 1769 , in conformity to their charter , immediately pre- sented an address to his excellency the governor , for the removal of the naval and military force stationed in ...
... Massachusetts being call- ed together in the courfe of the fummer 1769 , in conformity to their charter , immediately pre- sented an address to his excellency the governor , for the removal of the naval and military force stationed in ...
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... the faid report into confideration , to approve thereof , and to order the faid petition of the affembly of Massachusetts to be difmiffed accordingly . Such 1 . D3 was 1 was the mode in which a petition from the firft GEORGE II . 37.
... the faid report into confideration , to approve thereof , and to order the faid petition of the affembly of Massachusetts to be difmiffed accordingly . Such 1 . D3 was 1 was the mode in which a petition from the firft GEORGE II . 37.
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... though each colony had a distinct and feparate vote . Amongst their firft refolves they paffed an unanimous vote , that this affembly deep ly deeply feels the sufferings of their countrymen in the Massachusetts 76 GEORGE III .
... though each colony had a distinct and feparate vote . Amongst their firft refolves they paffed an unanimous vote , that this affembly deep ly deeply feels the sufferings of their countrymen in the Massachusetts 76 GEORGE III .
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Página 309 - ... impotent — doubly so, indeed, 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 cruelty ! If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 69 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Página 309 - 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...
Página 309 - But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to authorize and associate to our arms the tomahawk and scalping-knife of the savage; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitant of the woods...
Página 231 - Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain* is, and ought to be, totally dissolved...
Página 96 - Their force would be most disproportionately exerted against a brave, generous, and united people, with arms in their hands, and courage in their hearts : three millions of people, the genuine descendants of a valiant and pious ancestry, driven to those deserts by the narrow maxims of a superstitious tyranny.
Página 101 - 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.
Página 88 - From shopkeepers, tradesmen, and attornies, they are become statesmen and legislators, and are employed in contriving a new form of government for an extensive empire, which, they flatter themselves, will become, and which, indeed, seems very likely to become, one of the greatest and most formidable that ever was in the world.
Página 73 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart.
Página 310 - You cannot conciliate America by your present measures. You cannot subdue her by your present or by any measures. What, then, can you do ? You cannot conquer ; you cannot gain ; but you can address ; you can lull the fears and anxieties of the moment into an ignorance of the danger that should produce them.