The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King George the Third, Volumen4author, and published, 1841 |
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... important to develope with all possible exactness , on the one side , those means by which the existence of monarchy and established government in general was made unpopular and odious ; and , on the other , those acts of aggression ...
... important to develope with all possible exactness , on the one side , those means by which the existence of monarchy and established government in general was made unpopular and odious ; and , on the other , those acts of aggression ...
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... of Parliament , ib . CHAPTER LVII . 1784 . Importance of the late contest , 105. - Effect of the anti - minis- terial majority , ib . - State of the House of Lords , 106.- Firmness of the King , 107. - Conduct of the b2 CONTENTS . xi.
... of Parliament , ib . CHAPTER LVII . 1784 . Importance of the late contest , 105. - Effect of the anti - minis- terial majority , ib . - State of the House of Lords , 106.- Firmness of the King , 107. - Conduct of the b2 CONTENTS . xi.
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... important questions ; and how should it be otherwise ? the writer asks , in a body to which the people send a hundred and fifty lawyers , whose trade it is to question every thing , to yield nothing , and to talk by the hourt . From ...
... important questions ; and how should it be otherwise ? the writer asks , in a body to which the people send a hundred and fifty lawyers , whose trade it is to question every thing , to yield nothing , and to talk by the hourt . From ...
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... important , in the elucidation of his character , to add , that , during the negotiation for peace , when Franklin made it a matter of exultation that England had given up the loyalists , and the confiscation of all their pro- perty was ...
... important , in the elucidation of his character , to add , that , during the negotiation for peace , when Franklin made it a matter of exultation that England had given up the loyalists , and the confiscation of all their pro- perty was ...
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... important questions ; and how should it be otherwise ? the writer asks , in a body to which the people send a hundred and fifty lawyers , whose trade it is to question every thing , to yield nothing , and to talk by the hourt . From ...
... important questions ; and how should it be otherwise ? the writer asks , in a body to which the people send a hundred and fifty lawyers , whose trade it is to question every thing , to yield nothing , and to talk by the hourt . From ...
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Página 190 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 509 - I have lived to see a diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition and error — I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it ; I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible voice ; their king led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects.
Página 513 - Plots, massacres, assassinations, seem to some people a trivial price for obtaining a revolution. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. There must be a great change of scene ; there must be a magnificent stage effect; there must be a grand spectacle to rouse the imagination, grown torpid with the lazy enjoyment of sixty years security, and the still unanimating repose of public prosperity.
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Página 518 - In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself.
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Página 584 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.