History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the Concluding of the Treaty of Amiens, 1802, Volume 7R. Phillips, 1805 |
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... arms to be used for the pur- pose of their own defence , and which had met , as his lordship represented , with a rude refusal from the secretary at war , he read to the house the let- ter written by the secretary to the duke of Queens ...
... arms to be used for the pur- pose of their own defence , and which had met , as his lordship represented , with a rude refusal from the secretary at war , he read to the house the let- ter written by the secretary to the duke of Queens ...
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... arms , wisdom from our councils , and every shadow of authority and credit from the most venerable parts of the constitution . " - To effect these purposes , Mr. Burke moved for leave to bring in certain bills for the better regulation ...
... arms , wisdom from our councils , and every shadow of authority and credit from the most venerable parts of the constitution . " - To effect these purposes , Mr. Burke moved for leave to bring in certain bills for the better regulation ...
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... arms and tyranny of Great Britain were exerted to reduce us - when we look back on the variety of dangers to which we have been exposed , and the deliver- ances wrought when hope and fortitude have be- come unequal to the contest , -we ...
... arms and tyranny of Great Britain were exerted to reduce us - when we look back on the variety of dangers to which we have been exposed , and the deliver- ances wrought when hope and fortitude have be- come unequal to the contest , -we ...
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... arm the royalists in that quarter . No sooner was the communication of this officer with lord Cornwallis interrupted by the extension of the distance , than a plan was formed to surround and cut him entirely off . Divers corps of the ...
... arm the royalists in that quarter . No sooner was the communication of this officer with lord Cornwallis interrupted by the extension of the distance , than a plan was formed to surround and cut him entirely off . Divers corps of the ...
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... arms , about three hundred being killed or wounded in the action . major Fer- guson at King's This disaster was in its consequences almost as fatal to lord Cornwallis as the affair of Trenton to general Howe . On the first intelligence ...
... arms , about three hundred being killed or wounded in the action . major Fer- guson at King's This disaster was in its consequences almost as fatal to lord Cornwallis as the affair of Trenton to general Howe . On the first intelligence ...
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Page 202 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Page 202 - ... could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in . the gloomy recesses of a mind 'capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic...
Page 312 - that the said petition be referred to the consideration of a committee of the whole House, and that the petitioners be heard by themselves before the said committee, if they think fit '
Page 441 - Animated with all the avarice of age and all the impetuosity of youth, they roll in one after another, wave after wave, and there is nothing before the eyes of the natives but an endless, hopeless prospect of new flights of birds of prey and passage, with appetites continually renewing for a food that is continually wasting.
Page 202 - Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 343 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict, and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens : but the glory of your virtues will not terminate with your military command, — it will continue to animate remotest ages.
Page 183 - What merciless enemy has thus spread the horrors of fire and sword — what severe visitation of Providence has dried up the fountain, and taken from the face of the earth every vestige of verdure ? Or, rather, what monsters have stalked over the country, tainting and poisoning, with pestiferous...
Page 207 - No other sovereigns ever were, or, from the nature of things, ever could be, so perfectly indifferent about the happiness or misery of their subjects, the improvement or waste of their dominions, the glory or disgrace of their administration; as, from irresistible moral causes, the greater part of the proprietors of such a mercantile company are, and necessarily must be.
Page 342 - ... or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Page 25 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished: