Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Volumen1J. Milliken, 1796 |
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... Province of Maffachusetts 270 Bill for the Establishment of Defpotifm in Canada 272 Speech of Lord Chatham on American Affairs 273 Motion for the Repeal of the Duty on Tea 275 Supported by Mr. Burke - his Character 276 Proceedings in ...
... Province of Maffachusetts 270 Bill for the Establishment of Defpotifm in Canada 272 Speech of Lord Chatham on American Affairs 273 Motion for the Repeal of the Duty on Tea 275 Supported by Mr. Burke - his Character 276 Proceedings in ...
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... Province of New York rejected 312 Hoftilities commenced at Lexington 316 Lord North's Propofitions rejected by the Congress 317 Battle of Bunker's Hill 320 Second Petition of Congress to the King 322 The King refufes to answer it 323 ...
... Province of New York rejected 312 Hoftilities commenced at Lexington 316 Lord North's Propofitions rejected by the Congress 317 Battle of Bunker's Hill 320 Second Petition of Congress to the King 322 The King refufes to answer it 323 ...
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... provinces of America for the extraordinary expences incurred by them in their vigorous and ftrenuous efforts during the present war , and which the Parliament virtually acknowledged by this grant to be more than adequate to their ...
... provinces of America for the extraordinary expences incurred by them in their vigorous and ftrenuous efforts during the present war , and which the Parliament virtually acknowledged by this grant to be more than adequate to their ...
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... province of Eftremadura , and opened the trenches before Almedia in July : after a much better defence than had hitherto been made , that city was compelled to capitulate on the 25th of Auguft . On the arrival of the count de la Lippe ...
... province of Eftremadura , and opened the trenches before Almedia in July : after a much better defence than had hitherto been made , that city was compelled to capitulate on the 25th of Auguft . On the arrival of the count de la Lippe ...
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... province of Eftre- madura , firft difmantling the fortifications of Almeida and Caftel Rodrigo . No fooner was war declared by England against Spain , than preparations began to be made for a grand , but as yet unknown enterprize ; and ...
... province of Eftre- madura , firft difmantling the fortifications of Almeida and Caftel Rodrigo . No fooner was war declared by England against Spain , than preparations began to be made for a grand , but as yet unknown enterprize ; and ...
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Página 423 - 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 425 - ... unsullied sanctity of their lawn ; upon the learned judges to interpose the purity of their ermine to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Página 423 - 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 422 - I CANNOT, my lords, I WILL NOT join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne, in the language of TRUTH.
Página 97 - Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example.
Página 6 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Página 93 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone.
Página 172 - My lords, I thought the slavish doctrine of passive obedience had long since been exploded; and. when our kings were obliged to confess that their title to the crown, and the rule of their government, had no other foundation than the known laws of the land, I never expected to hear a divine right, or a divine infallibility, attributed to any other branch of the legislature.
Página 93 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Página 96 - I will be bold to affirm that the profits to Great Britain from the trade of the colonies, through all its branches, is two millions a year. This is the fund that carried you triumphantly through the last war. The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year, threescore years ago, are at three thousand at present. Those estates sold then from fifteen to eighteen years' purchase : the same may now be sold for thirty.