Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, Volume 2L. B. Seeley, 1797 |
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... Conduct of the Court . conference with the Duke of Bedford . CAP . XXXIII . Further arrangements . ham regrets the lofs of Lord Temple . Seized with the gout at Bath and at Marlborough . Comes to Hampftead . Another change meditated ...
... Conduct of the Court . conference with the Duke of Bedford . CAP . XXXIII . Further arrangements . ham regrets the lofs of Lord Temple . Seized with the gout at Bath and at Marlborough . Comes to Hampftead . Another change meditated ...
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... conduct are well known ; they are to be found in the public accounts of the time ; but there is one mea- fure of that administration which has been very imperfectly stated . It is concerning Dunkirk . This point , of frequent and ...
... conduct are well known ; they are to be found in the public accounts of the time ; but there is one mea- fure of that administration which has been very imperfectly stated . It is concerning Dunkirk . This point , of frequent and ...
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... year 1713. As a proof that Lord Rockingham was right in this matter , we need only obferve the conduct of the French , in this particular , fince the treaty or XXX . 1766 treaty of 1782 , by which 10 ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES.
... year 1713. As a proof that Lord Rockingham was right in this matter , we need only obferve the conduct of the French , in this particular , fince the treaty or XXX . 1766 treaty of 1782 , by which 10 ANECDOTES AND SPEECHES.
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... conduct , and wished most heartily that the ministers might be as good as their pro- mises . He defired me to convey his kind compliments to Mr. Wilkes , and to affure him of his friendship and approbation of his conduct upon the ...
... conduct , and wished most heartily that the ministers might be as good as their pro- mises . He defired me to convey his kind compliments to Mr. Wilkes , and to affure him of his friendship and approbation of his conduct upon the ...
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... conducted on the pureft principles of patriotism ; yet there was not virtue enough in the country to fupport him . Those who affert that Lord Bute was not confulted , nor gave any advice upon this occafion , must forget all the ...
... conducted on the pureft principles of patriotism ; yet there was not virtue enough in the country to fupport him . Those who affert that Lord Bute was not confulted , nor gave any advice upon this occafion , must forget all the ...
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Page 350 - 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 317 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 348 - The desperate state of our arms abroad is in part known ;' no man thinks more highly of them than I do ; I love and honour the English troops ; I know their virtues and their valour ; I know they can achieve anything except impossibilities; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Page 304 - This resistance to your arbitrary system of taxation might have been foreseen: it was obvious from the nature of things, and of mankind; and above all, from the whiggish spirit flourishing in that country. The spirit which now resists your taxation in America, is the same which formerly opposed loans, benevolences, and ship-money in England: the same spirit which called all England on its legs...
Page 364 - 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...
Page 364 - Indian scalping-knife — to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering, roasting, and eating; literally, my lords, eating the mangled victims of his barbarous battles ! Such horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my lords, they shock every sentiment of honor ; they shock me as a lover of honorable war, and a detester of murderous barbarity.
Page 114 - We all know, that the first principle of it is, that the subject shall not be governed by the arbitrium of any one man, or body of men (less than the whole legislature) but by certain laws, to which he has virtually given his consent, which are open to him to examine, and not beyond his ability to understand.
Page 105 - The evidence which truth carries with it is superior to all argument; it neither wants the support nor dreads the opposition of the greatest abilities. If there be a single word in the amendment to justify the interpretation which the noble lord has been pleased to give it, I am ready to renounce the whole. Let it be read, my lords; let...
Page 117 - Those iron barons (for so I may call them when compared with the silken barons of modern days) were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present. A breach has been made in the constitution — the battlements are dismantled — the citadel is open to the first invader — the walls totter — the constitution is not tenable.
Page 320 - Majefty that it may be enacled ; and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the...