A View of the History of Great Britain: During the Administration of Lord North, to the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament ... with Statements of the Public Expenditure in that Period, Page 2 |
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... manner . At length another candi- date was prevailed upon to ftart ; he had 296 votes , Mr. Wilkes 1193 : the fheriffs returned the latter , the house re- jected him , and voted his opponent , Capt . Luttrell , duly elected * . It was ...
... manner . At length another candi- date was prevailed upon to ftart ; he had 296 votes , Mr. Wilkes 1193 : the fheriffs returned the latter , the house re- jected him , and voted his opponent , Capt . Luttrell , duly elected * . It was ...
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... manner . This was an evil of fuch a magnitude , as to force itself upon the minister's at- tention . The company paid a duty of 25 per cent . on their exported teas , which greatly inhanced the price at the market , and enabled the ...
... manner . This was an evil of fuch a magnitude , as to force itself upon the minister's at- tention . The company paid a duty of 25 per cent . on their exported teas , which greatly inhanced the price at the market , and enabled the ...
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... manner in which he maintained the rights of the people to choose their reprefentatives without any control of parliament . The livery of London were con- vened in Common Hall , and it was there refolved to pre- fent an humble addrefs ...
... manner in which he maintained the rights of the people to choose their reprefentatives without any control of parliament . The livery of London were con- vened in Common Hall , and it was there refolved to pre- fent an humble addrefs ...
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... manner in which this right had been exercised by the city of London ; the direct tendency of which was , to disturb the peace of the king- dom , and fubvert all lawful authority . Many people ex- pected , that fresh instances of ...
... manner in which this right had been exercised by the city of London ; the direct tendency of which was , to disturb the peace of the king- dom , and fubvert all lawful authority . Many people ex- pected , that fresh instances of ...
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... manner of the proro- . gation of the parliament , was faid to be supported both by precedent and reafon . The majority of the house admitted the validity of the juftification . Notwithstanding the fpeech from the throne at opening the ...
... manner of the proro- . gation of the parliament , was faid to be supported both by precedent and reafon . The majority of the house admitted the validity of the juftification . Notwithstanding the fpeech from the throne at opening the ...
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Page 196 - If then the removal of the causes of this spirit of American liberty be, for the greater part, or rather entirely, impracticable ; if the ideas of criminal process be inapplicable, or if applicable, are in the highest degree inexpedient ; what way yet remains ? No way is open, but the third and last — to comply with the American spirit as necessary ; or, if you please, to submit to it as a necessary evil.
Page 188 - 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.
Page 156 - ... according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 306 - I mean that for a limitation of the claims of the crown upon landed estates ; and this for the relief of the Roman Catholics. By the former he has emancipated property ; by the latter he has quieted conscience : and by both, he has taught that grand lesson to government and subject — no longer to regard each other as adverse parties.
Page 338 - ... but when that country professes the unnatural design not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself and her resources to our enemies, the whole contest is changed ; and the question is, how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin and for the aggrandizement of France.
Page 248 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her...
Page 292 - 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...
Page 291 - France, my lords, has insulted you ; she has encouraged and sustained America ; and whether America be wrong or right, the dignity of this country ought to spurn at the officious insult of French interference. The ministers and...
Page 111 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, do of right belong to the State.
Page 111 - State. 2. That to appropriate acquisitions so made to the private emolument of persons intrusted with any civil or military power of the State is illegal. 3. That very great sums of money, and other valuable property have been acquired in Bengal from Princes and others of that country, by persons...