Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Volume 2G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 - Great Britain |
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... lofs of the American market , were very urgent with the Mi- nifter to repeal the American import duty of three- pence per pound , offering in lieu of it to pay dou- ble the fum on exportation . A fairer opportunity could not occur to ...
... lofs of the American market , were very urgent with the Mi- nifter to repeal the American import duty of three- pence per pound , offering in lieu of it to pay dou- ble the fum on exportation . A fairer opportunity could not occur to ...
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... lofs . But on the part of the British , not less than 1100 were killed or wound- ed , and amongst them 89 officers , who were par- ticularly aimed at by the American riflemen . This was one of the warmest and most bloody con- flicts ...
... lofs . But on the part of the British , not less than 1100 were killed or wound- ed , and amongst them 89 officers , who were par- ticularly aimed at by the American riflemen . This was one of the warmest and most bloody con- flicts ...
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... lofs being eftimated at three hundred thousand pounds . In the adjacent country of Maryland the wifdom and moderation of Go- vernor Eden prevented these fatal extremities ; and , when the British Government was at length entirely ...
... lofs being eftimated at three hundred thousand pounds . In the adjacent country of Maryland the wifdom and moderation of Go- vernor Eden prevented these fatal extremities ; and , when the British Government was at length entirely ...
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... many were drowned or fuffocated in attempt- ing to pass the marsh . Upon the whole , a fignal victory was obtained with inconfiderable lofs ; and fuch was the ardor of the British troops , that i fuch 204 K. GEORGE III .
... many were drowned or fuffocated in attempt- ing to pass the marsh . Upon the whole , a fignal victory was obtained with inconfiderable lofs ; and fuch was the ardor of the British troops , that i fuch 204 K. GEORGE III .
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... lofs of the battle . On the next day the British troops broke ground in form , at 600 yards diftance from the nearest redoubt , and the fhips in the Bay waited only a fair wind to enter the East River , which would have effectually cut ...
... lofs of the battle . On the next day the British troops broke ground in form , at 600 yards diftance from the nearest redoubt , and the fhips in the Bay waited only a fair wind to enter the East River , which would have effectually cut ...
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Page 263 - 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!
Page 263 - 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...
Page 78 - You may call them an army of safety and of guard; but they are in truth an army of impotence and contempt; and, to make the folly equal to the disgrace, they are an army of irritation and vexation.
Page 58 - 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.
Page 83 - 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 119 - Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Page 121 - ... on this continent ready and willing at all times, as they have ever been, with their lives and fortunes, to assert and maintain the rights and interests of your majesty, and of our ^mother country.
Page 261 - Parliament for advice, and a reliance on its constitutional advice and assistance : as it is the right of Parliament to give, so it is the duty of the Crown to ask it. But on this day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional...
Page 263 - 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 80 - 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.