Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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Page 39
... last volume , p . 113 .. [ C ] 4 . following paffage- " With all hu- mility fubmitting ,. to have matters reftored to their ancient ftate , and reprobated all the measures which led to the pre- fent crifis . No inconfiderable part of the ...
... last volume , p . 113 .. [ C ] 4 . following paffage- " With all hu- mility fubmitting ,. to have matters reftored to their ancient ftate , and reprobated all the measures which led to the pre- fent crifis . No inconfiderable part of the ...
Page 47
... last century . By de- grees this mode of preaching went higher . On the other hand , fome clergymen , efpecially of the Dif- fenters , efpoufed the caufe of li- berty with great fervour . Thofe who wished to be confi- dered as Whigs ...
... last century . By de- grees this mode of preaching went higher . On the other hand , fome clergymen , efpecially of the Dif- fenters , efpoufed the caufe of li- berty with great fervour . Thofe who wished to be confi- dered as Whigs ...
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... last war , when we were en- gaged in a conteft , either directly or indirectly , with almost all the great powers in Europe , and re- tained a military force of 338,000 men in actual pay ; it would fhew how they were impofed upon in all ...
... last war , when we were en- gaged in a conteft , either directly or indirectly , with almost all the great powers in Europe , and re- tained a military force of 338,000 men in actual pay ; it would fhew how they were impofed upon in all ...
Page 119
... last wars , when its good effects were too well and too generally known to re- quire any illuftration . That this bill was indifpenfably neceffary , as no existing law had forefeen , or provided for the cafe , of carrying on a fea war ...
... last wars , when its good effects were too well and too generally known to re- quire any illuftration . That this bill was indifpenfably neceffary , as no existing law had forefeen , or provided for the cafe , of carrying on a fea war ...
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... last and most defperate efforts were to be expected . He arrived at St. John's on the evening of the 18th , where he found the buildings in flames , and nearly every thing de ftroyed that could not be carried off . The provincials acted ...
... last and most defperate efforts were to be expected . He arrived at St. John's on the evening of the 18th , where he found the buildings in flames , and nearly every thing de ftroyed that could not be carried off . The provincials acted ...
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Page 67 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military...
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