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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... dangerous licence of fpeculative difcuffion on the nature and extent of parliamentary power . Till this period they had , with a cheerfulness which precluded any deep or accurate investiga- tion of right , admitted the exercife of a ...
... dangerous licence of fpeculative difcuffion on the nature and extent of parliamentary power . Till this period they had , with a cheerfulness which precluded any deep or accurate investiga- tion of right , admitted the exercife of a ...
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... dangers and miferies which will enfue from a departure from the ancient rules and maxims government . " The next day , lord Bottetourt , the governor , declared to the affembly , that these refolutions had made it his duty to diffolve ...
... dangers and miferies which will enfue from a departure from the ancient rules and maxims government . " The next day , lord Bottetourt , the governor , declared to the affembly , that these refolutions had made it his duty to diffolve ...
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... dangerous to the people , unprecedent- ed , and unconftitutional . " The governor call- ing upon them to declare , whether they would or would not make provifion for the troops agree- ably to the injunctions of the act of parliament ...
... dangerous to the people , unprecedent- ed , and unconftitutional . " The governor call- ing upon them to declare , whether they would or would not make provifion for the troops agree- ably to the injunctions of the act of parliament ...
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... dangerous , than this . Nothing , indeed , could be more oppofite to the genius of the British constitution , which regards the independency of the judicial power on the executive as one of the most important bulwarks of liberty ...
... dangerous , than this . Nothing , indeed , could be more oppofite to the genius of the British constitution , which regards the independency of the judicial power on the executive as one of the most important bulwarks of liberty ...
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... dangerous flate of the public mind which could prompt these effufions of enthufiaftic zeal . By a long feries of acts of irritation and oppreffion on the part of Britain , a fpirit of refentment , scarcely short of phrenzy , was excited ...
... dangerous flate of the public mind which could prompt these effufions of enthufiaftic zeal . By a long feries of acts of irritation and oppreffion on the part of Britain , a fpirit of refentment , scarcely short of phrenzy , was excited ...
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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.