A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain and the Several Other European Powers ...John Debritt J. Debrett, 1797 |
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الصفحة 37
... feveral general officers of the army , various infignificant and infidious demands and propofitions , tending to commit them in the eyes of the government . The commander in chief , who has for a long time known and difconcerted the ...
... feveral general officers of the army , various infignificant and infidious demands and propofitions , tending to commit them in the eyes of the government . The commander in chief , who has for a long time known and difconcerted the ...
الصفحة 48
... feveral departments of the west . If we have not always fpoken of the heroic feats which have fig- nalized our gallant foldiers , compofing the army of the coafts of the ocean it was done in order not to disclose to our enemies , all ...
... feveral departments of the west . If we have not always fpoken of the heroic feats which have fig- nalized our gallant foldiers , compofing the army of the coafts of the ocean it was done in order not to disclose to our enemies , all ...
الصفحة 50
... feveral papers , of which we have thought proper to commu- nicate to you the following : 1. Gentlemen , you will have the complaifance not to deliver any billet for lodging without a fpecial order being prefented to you , figned by me ...
... feveral papers , of which we have thought proper to commu- nicate to you the following : 1. Gentlemen , you will have the complaifance not to deliver any billet for lodging without a fpecial order being prefented to you , figned by me ...
الصفحة 64
... feveral gallant officers , to whom age and infirmities did not afford means of activity proportioned to their zeal . But it was refolved to recompence their former fervices with honour- able and useful retreats , or with employments in ...
... feveral gallant officers , to whom age and infirmities did not afford means of activity proportioned to their zeal . But it was refolved to recompence their former fervices with honour- able and useful retreats , or with employments in ...
الصفحة 86
... feveral plans to be laid before us , having for their tendency the particular fecurity of the faid kingdom of Bohemia ; and though we discover in every part of them patriotic benevolence - yet we thought proper to give the preference ...
... feveral plans to be laid before us , having for their tendency the particular fecurity of the faid kingdom of Bohemia ; and though we discover in every part of them patriotic benevolence - yet we thought proper to give the preference ...
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الصفحة 249 - If in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. — But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
الصفحة 252 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance...
الصفحة 251 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
الصفحة 246 - ... repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
الصفحة 291 - Indians dwelling on either side of the said boundary line, freely to pass and repass by land or inland navigation into the respective territories and countries of the two parties on the continent of America (the country within the limits of the Hudson's Bay Company only excepted), and to navigate all the lakes, rivers, and waters thereof, and freely to carry on trade and commerce with each other.
الصفحة 248 - This within certain limits is probably true, and in governments of a monarchical cast patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character in governments purely elective it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose, and there being constant danger of excess the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage...
الصفحة 254 - I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
الصفحة 254 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my Administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.
الصفحة 250 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?
الصفحة 253 - I could wish that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism, this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude...