The history of England, from the accession of George iii to 1783, Volume 31810 |
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Página iii
... tion on the employment of favages , 33 - Fox's fecond motion re- Specting the army , 36 - Examination of evidence in the house of lords , 37 - Refolutions moved by the duke of Richmond , ib.- Motion by the duke of Bolton refpecting the ...
... tion on the employment of favages , 33 - Fox's fecond motion re- Specting the army , 36 - Examination of evidence in the house of lords , 37 - Refolutions moved by the duke of Richmond , ib.- Motion by the duke of Bolton refpecting the ...
Página v
... tion , ib .-- Syftem of lord Chatham , ib . - Probability of his having intended to form an administration , 111. - Public indigna- tion against France , ib . - Preparations against invafion , ib.- Keppel commands the grand fleet , ib ...
... tion , ib .-- Syftem of lord Chatham , ib . - Probability of his having intended to form an administration , 111. - Public indigna- tion against France , ib . - Preparations against invafion , ib.- Keppel commands the grand fleet , ib ...
Página x
... tion with Holland , ib . - Its failure , 430.- Offers to mediate renewed , ib.-Mr. Grenville fent to Paris to open a direct ne- gotiation , 432. - Terms propofed by him , 433 - Efforts of France in the West Indies , 434 - Rodney's ...
... tion with Holland , ib . - Its failure , 430.- Offers to mediate renewed , ib.-Mr. Grenville fent to Paris to open a direct ne- gotiation , 432. - Terms propofed by him , 433 - Efforts of France in the West Indies , 434 - Rodney's ...
Página 6
... tion of the act of navigation fhould be the bafis , then it will remain to confider the propereft compulsory measures . I think I might fafely pledge myself that fuch an offer would not fail to fuceed . Faction reigns in fome part of ...
... tion of the act of navigation fhould be the bafis , then it will remain to confider the propereft compulsory measures . I think I might fafely pledge myself that fuch an offer would not fail to fuceed . Faction reigns in fome part of ...
Página 13
... tion might be obtained , moved for a number of papers relative to the army , navy , and colonies , to which the duke of Grafton added one for an account of the na- tional debt during the feven preceding years . Moft of these motions ...
... tion might be obtained , moved for a number of papers relative to the army , navy , and colonies , to which the duke of Grafton added one for an account of the na- tional debt during the feven preceding years . Moft of these motions ...
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addrefs adminiſtration admiral admiral Keppel afferted affociations againſt alfo American anfwer army attack bill Britain Britiſh caufe cauſe cenfured CHAP circumftances colonel command commiffioners conduct confequence confiderable confidered conftitution congrefs debate declared defire difcuffion difgrace divifion enemy Engliſh eſtabliſhment expreffed faid fame fecurity feffion fentiments fervice feven feveral fhips fhould fince firft firſt fituation fleet fome foon force fpeech fpirit fquadron France French ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuperior fupport garrifon himſelf hoftilities honour houfe houſe of commons hundred intereft Ireland Keppel king lefs lord Chatham lord Cornwallis lord John Cavendish lord North lord Rawdon lord Shelburne meaſure ment minifters miniſtry moſt motion muſt nation neceffary neceffity obferved occafioned officers oppofition paffed parliament peace perfonal prefent propofed propofition purpoſe raiſed refifted refigned refolutions refpecting Sir Henry Clinton Spain ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion treaty troops Waſhington Weft XXXVII
Passagens conhecidas
Página 5 - 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!
Página 11 - Against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hellhounds, I say, of savage war.
Página 462 - I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire; and that America may be free from those calamities which have formerly proved in the mother country how essential monarchy is to the enjoyment of constitutional liberty.
Página 11 - ... ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Página 10 - My lords, we are called upon as members of this house, as men, as Christian men, to protest against such notions standing near the throne, polluting the ear of majesty. ' That God and nature put into our hands.
Página 204 - Master of the Household; the whole Board of Green Cloth; — and a vast number of subordinate offices in the department of the Steward of the Household; — the whole establishment of the Great Wardrobe; — the Removing Wardrobe;— the Jewel Office; — The Robes; the Board of Works; almost the whole charge of the civil branch of the Board of Ordnance are taken away.
Página 199 - When I look, as I have pretty carefully looked, into the proceedings of the French King, I am sorry to say it, I see nothing of the character and genius of arbitrary finance, none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power, none of the wild struggles and plunges of despotism in distress, — no lopping off from the capital of debt, no suspension of interest, no robbery under the name of loan, no raising the value, no debasing the substance, of the coin. I see neither Louis the Fourteenth nor Louis the...
Página 10 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation. I call upon that right reverend bench, those holy ministers of the Gospel, and pious pastors of our church; I conjure them to join in the holy work, and vindicate the religion of their God.
Página 407 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Página 242 - That, for his part, he would run all hazards with the people ; and if the people were too luke-warm to run all hazards with him, when their conscience and their country called them forth, they might get another President...