Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of ScotlandLuke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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... supposed the embryo of this great poem . As it is observable , that all these subjects had been treated by others , the manuscript can be supposed nothing more , than a memorial or catalogue of plays , which , for some reason , the ...
... supposed the embryo of this great poem . As it is observable , that all these subjects had been treated by others , the manuscript can be supposed nothing more , than a memorial or catalogue of plays , which , for some reason , the ...
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... supposed , that in all cases their decisions were right ? Every man whose lawful election is defeated , is equally wronged with Mr. Wilkes , and his constituents feel their dis- appointment with no less anguish than the free- holders of ...
... supposed , that in all cases their decisions were right ? Every man whose lawful election is defeated , is equally wronged with Mr. Wilkes , and his constituents feel their dis- appointment with no less anguish than the free- holders of ...
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... supposed to be suffered , by any private man , or single community , was local and temporary , it nei- ther spread far , nor lasted long . The nation looked on with little care , because there did not seem to be much danger . The ...
... supposed to be suffered , by any private man , or single community , was local and temporary , it nei- ther spread far , nor lasted long . The nation looked on with little care , because there did not seem to be much danger . The ...
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... supposed to have been the first who saw the lands now called Falkland's Islands , but his distress permitted him not to make any observa- tion , and he left them , as he found them , without a name . Not Not long afterwards ( 1594 ) Sir ...
... supposed to have been the first who saw the lands now called Falkland's Islands , but his distress permitted him not to make any observa- tion , and he left them , as he found them , without a name . Not Not long afterwards ( 1594 ) Sir ...
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... supposed to have been known before , obtained the denomination of Sebald's Islands , and were from that time placed in the charts ; though Frezier tells us , that they were yet considered as of doubtful exist- ence . Their present ...
... supposed to have been known before , obtained the denomination of Sebald's Islands , and were from that time placed in the charts ; though Frezier tells us , that they were yet considered as of doubtful exist- ence . Their present ...
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Página 204 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Página 71 - that having been in this session of parliament expelled this house, he was and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this present parliament.
Página 177 - British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Página 177 - ... as the English colonists are not represented, and from their local and other circumstances cannot properly be represented in the British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures...
Página 174 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Página 390 - ... has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery ; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea.
Página 273 - We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life. The clans retain little now of their original character, their ferocity of temper is softened, their military ardour is extinguished, their dignity of independence is depressed, their contempt of government subdued, and the reverence for their chiefs abated.
Página 176 - That, by such emigration, they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost, any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Página 251 - We were in this place at ease and by choice, and had no evils to suffer or to fear; yet the imaginations excited by the view of an unknown and untravelled wilderness are not such as arise in the artificial solitude of parks and gardens...
Página 352 - ... always feel their own ignorance. They are not much accustomed to be interrogated by others : and seem never to have thought upon interrogating themselves ; so that if they do not know what they tell to be true, they likewise do not distinctly perceive it to be false. Mr. Boswell was very diligent in his inquiries ; and the result of his investigations was, that the answer to the second question was commonly such as nullified the answer to the first.