Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... brought up queftions upon public affairs , and difcourfes upon government in their company , and then conftrued that freedom of opinion , which the native English had derived from nature and habit , as well as from prefent difcontent ...
... brought up queftions upon public affairs , and difcourfes upon government in their company , and then conftrued that freedom of opinion , which the native English had derived from nature and habit , as well as from prefent difcontent ...
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... brought to a full fenfe both . of their errors and duty . In feveral of thefe , very intemperate reflections were paffed upon thofe gentlemen who had oppofed administration in the prefent American meafures , who were represented as ...
... brought to a full fenfe both . of their errors and duty . In feveral of thefe , very intemperate reflections were paffed upon thofe gentlemen who had oppofed administration in the prefent American meafures , who were represented as ...
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... brought diftrefs upon all who were employed by fea or land . To prevent the ftill more dreadful confequences of famine , a num- ber of fhips , instead of being loaded with fifh , were neceffarily fent off light , to procure flour and ...
... brought diftrefs upon all who were employed by fea or land . To prevent the ftill more dreadful confequences of famine , a num- ber of fhips , instead of being loaded with fifh , were neceffarily fent off light , to procure flour and ...
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... brought in . An amendment to the address in the Houfe of Commons was moved for by Lord John Cavendish , propofing to leave out the whole , except the intro- ductory paragraph , and to fubfti- tute in the place a declaration , " That ...
... brought in . An amendment to the address in the Houfe of Commons was moved for by Lord John Cavendish , propofing to leave out the whole , except the intro- ductory paragraph , and to fubfti- tute in the place a declaration , " That ...
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... brought their fovereign into the most difgraceful and unhappy fituation . of any mo- narch now living . Their conduct had already wrefted the fceptre of America out of his hands . One half of the empire was loft , and the other thrown ...
... brought their fovereign into the most difgraceful and unhappy fituation . of any mo- narch now living . Their conduct had already wrefted the fceptre of America out of his hands . One half of the empire was loft , and the other thrown ...
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