The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 23J. Dodsley, 1788 - History |
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the army , and which every year became ftill more enormous , had long been a fubject of complaint with the oppofition in both houses of parliament ; who had likewise , from time to time , made various ineffectual attempts to refrain ...
the army , and which every year became ftill more enormous , had long been a fubject of complaint with the oppofition in both houses of parliament ; who had likewise , from time to time , made various ineffectual attempts to refrain ...
Page 80
... army extraordinaries afforded the most unlimited means to the minifter , for the propaga- tion and fupport of that fatal fyl- tem of influence and corruption , he would make that lavish head of expenditure the firft and great object of ...
... army extraordinaries afforded the most unlimited means to the minifter , for the propaga- tion and fupport of that fatal fyl- tem of influence and corruption , he would make that lavish head of expenditure the firft and great object of ...
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... army , and the augmentation of the land force , had ( as ufual of late ) , drawn out much debate , cenfure , and fome attempts at particular enquiry , in the House of Commons . The efti- mates of the ordnance likewife , which amounted ...
... army , and the augmentation of the land force , had ( as ufual of late ) , drawn out much debate , cenfure , and fome attempts at particular enquiry , in the House of Commons . The efti- mates of the ordnance likewife , which amounted ...
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... army of upwards of 70,000 men in North America ; and they prefume , that the fuppreffion of no rebel- lion whatever can be a more near and urgent concern of any government , than the protection of its loyal and useful fubjects . They ...
... army of upwards of 70,000 men in North America ; and they prefume , that the fuppreffion of no rebel- lion whatever can be a more near and urgent concern of any government , than the protection of its loyal and useful fubjects . They ...
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... army and navy . He propof- ed , that thefe offices fhould be no longer banks or treasuries ; but mere offices of adminiftration ; and that all money which was for- merly imprefted to them , fhould in future be imprefted to the bank of ...
... army and navy . He propof- ed , that thefe offices fhould be no longer banks or treasuries ; but mere offices of adminiftration ; and that all money which was for- merly imprefted to them , fhould in future be imprefted to the bank of ...
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Page 151 - Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Page 270 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. 7. That the subjects which are protestants, may have arms for their defence, suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law.
Page 256 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 32 - By this means, in all cases of civil insolvency, without a pardon from his creditor, he is to be imprisoned for life ; and thus a miserable, mistaken invention of artificial science operates to change a civil into a criminal judgment, and to scourge misfortune or indiscretion with a punishment which the law does not inflict...
Page 397 - ... and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your excellency, at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy...
Page 34 - ... compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 34 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts:— but to dive into the depths of...
Page 166 - ... with obelisks placed between every two. There wants nothing but the embroidery of a parterre, to make a garden in the reign of Trajan serve for a description of one in that of King William.
Page 170 - The cloister facing the south is covered with vines, and would have been proper for an orange-house, and the other for myrtles or other more common greens, and had, I doubt not, been cast for that purpose, if this piece of gardening had been then in as much vogue as it is now.
Page 38 - This species of universal subserviency, that makes the very servant who waits behind your chair the arbiter of your life and fortune, has such a tendency to degrade and abase mankind, and to deprive them of that assured and liberal state of mind, which alone can make us what we ought to be.