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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... course of the debate which preceded this resolution , a Mem- ber of the Affembly faid , " When Lord Hillsbo- rough knows that we will not rescind our acts , he should apply to Parliament to refcind theirs . Let Britain refcind her ...
... course of the debate which preceded this resolution , a Mem- ber of the Affembly faid , " When Lord Hillsbo- rough knows that we will not rescind our acts , he should apply to Parliament to refcind theirs . Let Britain refcind her ...
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... course of the fummer 1769 , in conformity to their charter , immediately pre- sented an address to his Excellency the Governor , for the removal of the naval and military force ftationed in the town and harbor of Boston ; to which the ...
... course of the fummer 1769 , in conformity to their charter , immediately pre- sented an address to his Excellency the Governor , for the removal of the naval and military force ftationed in the town and harbor of Boston ; to which the ...
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... course of pro- ceedings : for how truly deplorable must be the case of a wretched American , who , having in- curred the difpleasure of any one in power , is dragged from his native home - conveyed to a distant land , where no friend ...
... course of pro- ceedings : for how truly deplorable must be the case of a wretched American , who , having in- curred the difpleasure of any one in power , is dragged from his native home - conveyed to a distant land , where no friend ...
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... course to Murray's barracks , and dared the foldiery by very offenfive language to combat , which they were with great difficulty prevented from doing by the officers . At length retiring from the barracks , the populace were addressed ...
... course to Murray's barracks , and dared the foldiery by very offenfive language to combat , which they were with great difficulty prevented from doing by the officers . At length retiring from the barracks , the populace were addressed ...
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... course . To use the words of a patriot , a hero , a martyr to liberty , ALGERNON SYDNEY , ' Tis mens fine affectu ; without any re- gard to persons it commands that which is good , and it punishes that which is evil ; it is deaf , inexo ...
... course . To use the words of a patriot , a hero , a martyr to liberty , ALGERNON SYDNEY , ' Tis mens fine affectu ; without any re- gard to persons it commands that which is good , and it punishes that which is evil ; it is deaf , inexo ...
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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.