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... France may appear , it is pleasant to feel that we are taking all necessary steps ; and my mind is perfectly prepared to meet what I sha cer- tainly think a very unhappy event , from the consciousness that I have scrupulously attempted ...
... France may appear , it is pleasant to feel that we are taking all necessary steps ; and my mind is perfectly prepared to meet what I sha cer- tainly think a very unhappy event , from the consciousness that I have scrupulously attempted ...
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... France adds to the probability of a speedy declaration of War . Sha that happen , it might be wise to withdraw the troops from the Revolted Provinces , and , having strength- ened Canada , & c . , to make war on the French and Spanish ...
... France adds to the probability of a speedy declaration of War . Sha that happen , it might be wise to withdraw the troops from the Revolted Provinces , and , having strength- ened Canada , & c . , to make war on the French and Spanish ...
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... France has taken her Part and War is inevitable . " " 5 Feby 1778 . " In talking of your plan for opening a neg " wh Amer . La G. G. sd to me he was convinced the repeal of the Bos- ton Charter act wa not alone bring the Colonies into ...
... France has taken her Part and War is inevitable . " " 5 Feby 1778 . " In talking of your plan for opening a neg " wh Amer . La G. G. sd to me he was convinced the repeal of the Bos- ton Charter act wa not alone bring the Colonies into ...
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... France , he advises the evacuation of N. Y. and Rhode Island , and the troops tr be employd agt the W. I. Islands . " ( Lord ) " 17 March , 1778 . " I am grieved at your continually recurring to a subject on which we never can agree ...
... France , he advises the evacuation of N. Y. and Rhode Island , and the troops tr be employd agt the W. I. Islands . " ( Lord ) " 17 March , 1778 . " I am grieved at your continually recurring to a subject on which we never can agree ...
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... France , that I think it may be proper to keep open the channel of inter- course with that insidious man . In no Treaty must there be a word of Canada , or Nova Scotia , or the Floridas . " " 27 March , 1778 . " By Lord Buck's two ...
... France , that I think it may be proper to keep open the channel of inter- course with that insidious man . In no Treaty must there be a word of Canada , or Nova Scotia , or the Floridas . " " 27 March , 1778 . " By Lord Buck's two ...
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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 235 - 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. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 40 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Page 37 - 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 41 - Spain; in vain he defended and established the honour, the liberties, the religion, the Protestant religion, of this country, against the arbitrary cruelties of popery and the inquisition, if these more than popish cruelties and inquisitorial practices are let loose among us...
Page 45 - I confess, Sir, I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure. I had not come prepared for this exceeding goodness. Pardon me, Sir," he passionately exclaimed, " it overpowers — it oppresses me...
Page 37 - 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 409 - I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...
Page 431 - I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.
Page 39 - 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.