Annals of Great Britain: From the Ascension of George III, to the Peace of Amiens ...Mundell, 1807 - Great Britain |
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... assembly , CHAP . where he only swayed by the power of conviction , was an overbearing and proud expression . When we blame this great man , however , for the intem- perance of a single sentence , it by no means follows that either his ...
... assembly , CHAP . where he only swayed by the power of conviction , was an overbearing and proud expression . When we blame this great man , however , for the intem- perance of a single sentence , it by no means follows that either his ...
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... assemblies , as rewards for their defensive exertions against the common enemy ; and in return for losses America had suffered in maintaining her connection with the mother - coun- try . In reply to an observation of ministry , that the ...
... assemblies , as rewards for their defensive exertions against the common enemy ; and in return for losses America had suffered in maintaining her connection with the mother - coun- try . In reply to an observation of ministry , that the ...
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... assemblies , though they disavowed these riotous proceedings , would give their governors neither advice nor assistance in repelling the rising spirit of faction , or in protecting those who were exposed to its violence . In the assembly ...
... assemblies , though they disavowed these riotous proceedings , would give their governors neither advice nor assistance in repelling the rising spirit of faction , or in protecting those who were exposed to its violence . In the assembly ...
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... assembly of New Hampshire promised its con- currence in any petition which should be agreed upon by the representatives of the other colonies . Through the meeting of so many deputies , ' ( says an historian of these events ) a ...
... assembly of New Hampshire promised its con- currence in any petition which should be agreed upon by the representatives of the other colonies . Through the meeting of so many deputies , ' ( says an historian of these events ) a ...
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... assemblies , have ever been in possession of this their constitutional right , of giving and grant- ing their own money . They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it . At the same time , this kingdom , as the supreme ...
... assemblies , have ever been in possession of this their constitutional right , of giving and grant- ing their own money . They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it . At the same time , this kingdom , as the supreme ...
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Page 418 - Protestant religion, of this country, against the arbitrary cruelties of popery and the inquisition, if these more than popish cruelties and inquisitorial practices are let loose among us ; to turn forth into our settlements among our ancient connections, friends, and relations, the merciless cannibal, thirsting for the blood of man, woman, and child!
Page 122 - 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.
Page 417 - Bench to defend and support the justice of their country : I call upon the bishops...
Page 415 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
Page 123 - House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire in any county in this kingdom? Would to God that respectable representation was augmented to a greater number!
Page xii - 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...
Page 417 - That God and nature put into our hands! " I know not what ideas that Lord may entertain of God and nature, but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife — to the cannibal savage, torturing, murdering...
Page 122 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Page 285 - Tis liberty to liberty engaged," that they will defend themselves, their families, and their country. In this great cause they are immovably allied: it is the alliance of God and nature — immutable, eternal — fixed as the firmament of heaven.
Page 126 - America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.