Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... less than thrice within four days , in March 1778 , did he use this lan- guage in the agony of his mind , at having a junction with the Whig party proposed by his chief minister ; and upon one occasion he says , " If the people will not ...
... less than thrice within four days , in March 1778 , did he use this lan- guage in the agony of his mind , at having a junction with the Whig party proposed by his chief minister ; and upon one occasion he says , " If the people will not ...
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... less the whole notion of a mixed monarchy , and a balance of three powers , is a mere fiction and a dream , the royal portion of the composition must be allowed to have some power to produce some effect upon the quality of the whole ...
... less the whole notion of a mixed monarchy , and a balance of three powers , is a mere fiction and a dream , the royal portion of the composition must be allowed to have some power to produce some effect upon the quality of the whole ...
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... one ever accuse him of ruling by favourites ; still less could any one , by pretending to be the people's choice , impose himself on his vigorous understanding . conspicuous place , apparently from the time of the American 14 GEORGE III .
... one ever accuse him of ruling by favourites ; still less could any one , by pretending to be the people's choice , impose himself on his vigorous understanding . conspicuous place , apparently from the time of the American 14 GEORGE III .
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... less eminent a naval character than Lord Anson , as well as his junior Lords , was obliged to sign the naval orders issued by Mr. Pitt , while the writing was covered over from their eyes ! The effects of this change in the whole ...
... less eminent a naval character than Lord Anson , as well as his junior Lords , was obliged to sign the naval orders issued by Mr. Pitt , while the writing was covered over from their eyes ! The effects of this change in the whole ...
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... less important questions , whether touching our continental or our colonial policy , his opinion was to the full as sound , and his views as enlarged , as those of any statesman of his age ; but it would not be correct to affirm that on ...
... less important questions , whether touching our continental or our colonial policy , his opinion was to the full as sound , and his views as enlarged , as those of any statesman of his age ; but it would not be correct to affirm that on ...
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Page 147 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 35 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 42 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 35 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 399 - An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices.
Page 41 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Page 40 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 118 - Roman code, the law of nations, and the opinion of foreign civilians, are your perpetual theme; — but who ever heard you mention Magna Charta or the Bill of Rights with approbation or respect ? By such treacherous arts, the noble simplicity and free spirit of our Saxon laws were first corrupted. The Norman conquest was not complete, until Norman lawyers had introduced their laws, and reduced slavery to a system.
Page 38 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts; they must be repealed — you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally, repealed.
Page 40 - Lords, eating the mangled victims of his barbarous battles! Such horrible notions shock every precept of religion, divine or natural, and every generous feeling of humanity. And, my Lords, they shock every sentiment of honour; they shock me as a lover of honourable war, and a detester of murderous barbarity. ' These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.