History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the Concluding of the Treaty of Amiens, 1802, Volume 7R. Phillips, 1805 |
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... object was invasion : they had not dared to make the attempt , and were therefore foiled . Their armaments had paraded to no purpose , and their millions were squandered in vain . On the other hand , our navy was daily aug- menting ...
... object was invasion : they had not dared to make the attempt , and were therefore foiled . Their armaments had paraded to no purpose , and their millions were squandered in vain . On the other hand , our navy was daily aug- menting ...
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... objects : Reform " first , the reduction of the national expenditure ; duced by second , the diminution of regal influence - that in- fluence which took away all vigor from our arms , wisdom from our councils , and every shadow of ...
... objects : Reform " first , the reduction of the national expenditure ; duced by second , the diminution of regal influence - that in- fluence which took away all vigor from our arms , wisdom from our councils , and every shadow of ...
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... object , his lordship shewed , that the most shameful waste of the public money had taken place in every branch of the national expenditure . To support a most ruinous and disgraceful war - a wicked , bloody , and unjust war ! the ...
... object , his lordship shewed , that the most shameful waste of the public money had taken place in every branch of the national expenditure . To support a most ruinous and disgraceful war - a wicked , bloody , and unjust war ! the ...
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... object of the proposition now before the house was of a nature exactly similar , and it went to the abolition of all offices , whatever their salaries or appointments , that answered no other end but that of increasing the un- due and ...
... object of the proposition now before the house was of a nature exactly similar , and it went to the abolition of all offices , whatever their salaries or appointments , that answered no other end but that of increasing the un- due and ...
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... object , " Mr. Dunning said , " which he meant to submit to the house , was a proposition col- lected from the several petitions , which , if agreed to , would establish the grounds of their prayer for : XIX . 1780 . redress . His ...
... object , " Mr. Dunning said , " which he meant to submit to the house , was a proposition col- lected from the several petitions , which , if agreed to , would establish the grounds of their prayer for : XIX . 1780 . redress . His ...
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Página 202 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Página 202 - ... could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic...
Página 312 - that the said petition be referred to the consideration of a committee of the whole House, and that the petitioners be heard by themselves before the said committee, if they think fit '
Página 441 - Animated with all the avarice of age and all the impetuosity of youth, they roll in one after another, wave after wave, and there is nothing before the eyes of the natives but an endless, hopeless prospect of new flights of birds of prey and passage, with appetites continually renewing for a food that is continually wasting.
Página 202 - Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Página 343 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict, and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens : but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command, — it will continue to animate remotest ages.
Página 183 - What merciless enemy has thus spread the horrors of fire and sword — what severe visitation of Providence has dried up the fountain, and taken from the face of the earth every vestige of verdure ? Or, rather, what monsters have stalked over the country, tainting and poisoning, with pestiferous...
Página 207 - No other sovereigns ever were, or, from the nature of things, ever could be, so perfectly indifferent about the happiness or misery of their subjects, the improvement or waste of their dominions, the glory or disgrace of their administration; as, from irresistible moral causes, the greater part of the proprietors of such a mercantile company are, and necessarily must be.
Página 342 - ... or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Página 25 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished: