Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, المجلد 2G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... circumstances , when the power of the Mother Country was , in the appre- henfion of every American , employed to the pur- poses of oppreffion , prove in a striking manner the unexampled folly of Great Britain , in risquing the ...
... circumstances , when the power of the Mother Country was , in the appre- henfion of every American , employed to the pur- poses of oppreffion , prove in a striking manner the unexampled folly of Great Britain , in risquing the ...
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... of the American market : for when the teas were actually transported across the Atlantic , and lodged in ware- houses , the mere circumstance of their having pre- vioufly vioufly paid the import duty would not , it was K. GEORGE III . 3r.
... of the American market : for when the teas were actually transported across the Atlantic , and lodged in ware- houses , the mere circumstance of their having pre- vioufly vioufly paid the import duty would not , it was K. GEORGE III . 3r.
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... circumstance which shews in the strongest light , how astonishing was the delufion of the Ministry , or how eager their folicitude to delude the public . Lord Sandwich , First Lord of the Admiralty , publicly declared in the House of ...
... circumstance which shews in the strongest light , how astonishing was the delufion of the Ministry , or how eager their folicitude to delude the public . Lord Sandwich , First Lord of the Admiralty , publicly declared in the House of ...
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... circumstances can stand in pre- ference to the Delegates of America assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia . I trust it is obvious to your Lordships , that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men , to establish def- potism ...
... circumstances can stand in pre- ference to the Delegates of America assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia . I trust it is obvious to your Lordships , that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men , to establish def- potism ...
الصفحة 89
... circumstances of emergency , when a single day might decide the fate of the empire , what was to be done ? More than two months had elapsed since the meeting of Parliament , and no plan of reconciliation had been offered by the Mi ...
... circumstances of emergency , when a single day might decide the fate of the empire , what was to be done ? More than two months had elapsed since the meeting of Parliament , and no plan of reconciliation had been offered by the Mi ...
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abſolute addreſs Adminiſtration Affembly againſt almoſt alſo America anſwer army Aſſembly bill Boſton Britain Britiſh buſineſs cauſe circumſtances cloſe Colonies command Commiffioners confiderable Congreſs conſequence Conſtitution courſe Court Crown declared defire deſign diſgrace diviſion Duc d'Aiguillon Duke England Engliſh eſtabliſhed exerciſe faid fame firſt fituation force fuch fuffer Government Governor himſelf Houſe increaſe intereſts Iſland iſſued itſelf juſt King laſt leſs liberty Lord Lord Chatham Lord Cornwallis Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lordſhip Majesty Majesty's Maſſachusetts meaſures ment Minifters moſt motion muſt neceffity neceſſary neral numbers obſerved occafion oppofition oppoſed paffed Parliament paſſed perſon poſition poſt preſent propofition propoſed province purpoſe queſtion raiſed reaſon refolved refuſed reſiſtance reſolution reſpect reſult ſaid ſame ſay ſecond ſeemed ſenſe ſent ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſhips ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeech ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtrong ſubject ſucceeding ſucceſs ſuch ſupport ſyſtem themſelves theſe thoſe tion troops univerſal Waſhington whoſe
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الصفحة 263 - 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!
الصفحة 263 - But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to authorize and associate to our arms the tomahawk and scalping-knife of the savage; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitant of the woods...
الصفحة 78 - You may call them an army of safety and of guard; but they are in truth an army of impotence and contempt; and, to make the folly equal to the disgrace, they are an army of irritation and vexation.
الصفحة 58 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart.
الصفحة 83 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
الصفحة 119 - Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
الصفحة 121 - ... on this continent ready and willing at all times, as they have ever been, with their lives and fortunes, to assert and maintain the rights and interests of your majesty, and of our ^mother country.
الصفحة 261 - Parliament for advice, and a reliance on its constitutional advice and assistance : as it is the right of Parliament to give, so it is the duty of the Crown to ask it. But on this day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional...
الصفحة 263 - Your efforts are for ever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling...
الصفحة 80 - Tis liberty to liberty engaged," that they will defend themselves, their families, and their country. In this great cause they are immovably allied: it is the alliance of God and nature — immutable, eternal — fixed as the firmament of heaven.