A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third, Volume 1J.W. Parker and son, 1855 - Great Britain |
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... Present degeneracy of Parliament . Decay of eloquence · Rhetoric distinguished from eloquence Chesterfield on parliamentary eloquence . Parliamentary nothingness of rant . Improvement in parliamentary departments Former rudeness in ...
... Present degeneracy of Parliament . Decay of eloquence · Rhetoric distinguished from eloquence Chesterfield on parliamentary eloquence . Parliamentary nothingness of rant . Improvement in parliamentary departments Former rudeness in ...
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... present and the future reign . Every man who paid his respects to the Heir was excluded from employment under the Sovereign ; in like manner , the service of the King was disqualification for that of the Prince . The demise of the crown ...
... present and the future reign . Every man who paid his respects to the Heir was excluded from employment under the Sovereign ; in like manner , the service of the King was disqualification for that of the Prince . The demise of the crown ...
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... present at the funeral , and the office of chief mourner was discharged by the Duke of Somerset , although the Duke of Cumberland was in London . The Opposition , which had been loosely held together by the name of the prince , was ...
... present at the funeral , and the office of chief mourner was discharged by the Duke of Somerset , although the Duke of Cumberland was in London . The Opposition , which had been loosely held together by the name of the prince , was ...
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... present him with their freedom , but the elective franchise was out of their power . That was the property of the Duke of Newcastle , and of the great heads of parties with whom the patriot minister had no connection . Contemporaneously ...
... present him with their freedom , but the elective franchise was out of their power . That was the property of the Duke of Newcastle , and of the great heads of parties with whom the patriot minister had no connection . Contemporaneously ...
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... present day would think of relinquishing ; but it might have been argued , that it was of little use to command the entrance to the Mediterranean when we did not possess a single harbour or haven in that wide sea ; and the necessity of ...
... present day would think of relinquishing ; but it might have been argued , that it was of little use to command the entrance to the Mediterranean when we did not possess a single harbour or haven in that wide sea ; and the necessity of ...
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Page 273 - 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 330 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to...
Page 260 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 258 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 408 - That the Americans had purchased their liberty at a dear rate, since they had quitted their native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert.* * " They left their native land in search of freedom, and found it in a detert,
Page 330 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Page 60 - He has a kind of unhappiness in his temper, which, if it be not conquered before it has taken too deep a root, will be a source of frequent anxiety. Whenever he is displeased, his anger does not break out with heat and violence ; but he becomes sullen and silent, and retires to his closet ; not to compose his mind by study or contemplation, but merely to indulge the melancholy enjoyment of his own ill-humour. Even when the fit is ended, unfavourable symptoms very frequently return, which indicate...
Page 188 - That this kingdom has the sovereign, the supreme legislative power over America, is granted. It cannot be denied; and taxation is a part of that sovereign power.
Page 9 - The weight of irremoveable royal displeasure is a load too great to move under : it must crush any man ; it has sunk and broke me. I succumb ; and wish for nothing but a decent and innocent retreat, wherein I may no longer, by continuing in the public stream of promotion, for ever stick fast aground, and afford to the world the ridiculous spectacle of being passed by every boat that navigates the same river.