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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الصفحة 13
... feveral meffages . " Upon this the Governor prorogued them to the 10th of January 1770 , to meet at Bof- ton . The propofition adopted by the British Par- liament , for transporting perfons from America in order to trial in Great ...
... feveral meffages . " Upon this the Governor prorogued them to the 10th of January 1770 , to meet at Bof- ton . The propofition adopted by the British Par- liament , for transporting perfons from America in order to trial in Great ...
الصفحة 17
... feveral pieces being difcharged , ten or twelve perfons were killed or wounded . The drums now beat every where to arms ! and the townfinen affembled to the amount of many thou- fands : but the Governor at length making his ap- pearance ...
... feveral pieces being difcharged , ten or twelve perfons were killed or wounded . The drums now beat every where to arms ! and the townfinen affembled to the amount of many thou- fands : but the Governor at length making his ap- pearance ...
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... feveral perfonages , who had , during the prefent reign , occupied the highest depart- ments of the State . " To Mr. George Grenville , with whom the new Colony Syftem had originated , he affirmed that this country owed in other re ...
... feveral perfonages , who had , during the prefent reign , occupied the highest depart- ments of the State . " To Mr. George Grenville , with whom the new Colony Syftem had originated , he affirmed that this country owed in other re ...
الصفحة 59
... feveral Colonies . Even thofe who were moderate , or apparently wavering , now became refolute and refentful . The people at large ex- preffed without reserve their conviction , that the æra was faft approaching when it would be ne ...
... feveral Colonies . Even thofe who were moderate , or apparently wavering , now became refolute and refentful . The people at large ex- preffed without reserve their conviction , that the æra was faft approaching when it would be ne ...
الصفحة 60
... feveral re- giments from Ireland , New York , Halifax , and at length from Quebec . The town of Bofton is connected with the Continent by a narrow ifth- mus of confiderable length , on which a military guard was placed , and the ...
... feveral re- giments from Ireland , New York , Halifax , and at length from Quebec . The town of Bofton is connected with the Continent by a narrow ifth- mus of confiderable length , on which a military guard was placed , and the ...
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
abfolute addrefs Adminiftration Affembly afferted affurances againſt alfo America army bill Boſton Britain Britiſh circumftances Colonel Colonies command Commiffioners confequence confiderable Conftitution Congrefs Count d'Estaing courſe Court Crown declared defign defire diffolved divifion Duc d'Aiguillon England Engliſh eſtabliſhed exprefs faid fame fecure feemed feffion fent fervice feveral fhall fhips fhort fhould firft firſt fituation fome force fpeech ftate ftill ftrong fubjects fucceeded fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fyftem Government Governor himſelf Houfe Houſe increaſe intereft Iſland itſelf juftice King laft liberty Lord Lord Chatham Lord Cornwallis Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lordships Maffachuſetts Majefty Majefty's meaſures ment Minifters moft moſt motion muft muſt neceffary neceffity neral notwithſtanding occafion oppofition paffed Parliament perfons pofition poft prefent propofed propofition province purpoſe queftion reaſon refiftance refolution refolved refpecting refult Ruffia ſaid ſhips ſpirit ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion troops Waſhington whofe
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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.