Annual Register, Volume 65Edmund Burke 1824 - History |
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... means of comfort and enjoyment for himself and his family , in the free prosecution of every path of active exertion or industry which circumstances may recommend to him . This our present adminis- tration have shown themselves most ...
... means of comfort and enjoyment for himself and his family , in the free prosecution of every path of active exertion or industry which circumstances may recommend to him . This our present adminis- tration have shown themselves most ...
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... Means .... 227 Unfunded Debt .... 228 Funded Debt 229 Trade and Navigation 231 Public General Acts 235 Stocks .... 247 Bankrupts ib . Prices of Sugar and Hay 248 Prices of Wheat ib . Prices of Butchers ' Meat 249 Bills of Mortality ...
... Means .... 227 Unfunded Debt .... 228 Funded Debt 229 Trade and Navigation 231 Public General Acts 235 Stocks .... 247 Bankrupts ib . Prices of Sugar and Hay 248 Prices of Wheat ib . Prices of Butchers ' Meat 249 Bills of Mortality ...
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... means was the attempt now made to crush the independence of a brave people ! -But it was not in the case of Spain alone , that the consideration of these papers was important - they furnished grounds of rational fear to all independent ...
... means was the attempt now made to crush the independence of a brave people ! -But it was not in the case of Spain alone , that the consideration of these papers was important - they furnished grounds of rational fear to all independent ...
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... means of protecting itself , when its safety , its interests , or its or its honour , are really endangered : but I say it , from the opportu- nities , which my situation gives me , of examining such a question in detail ; and I aver ...
... means of protecting itself , when its safety , its interests , or its or its honour , are really endangered : but I say it , from the opportu- nities , which my situation gives me , of examining such a question in detail ; and I aver ...
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... means of proving to France that she had no case , arising out of the conferences of Verona , to justify a war . Such assurances Spain might have refused - she would have refused them - to France . Το us she might - she did give them ...
... means of proving to France that she had no case , arising out of the conferences of Verona , to justify a war . Such assurances Spain might have refused - she would have refused them - to France . Το us she might - she did give them ...
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Page 166 - ... is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
Page 165 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 165 - In the war between those new Governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 157 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 165 - We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Page 64 - Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States.
Page 30 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Page 135 - ... likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion ; how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might, such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless, she silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adequate...
Page 79 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 30 - It never was, however, intended as an union for the government of the world, or for the superintendence of the internal affairs of other states.