Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament Ending A. D. 1793: I-IVRobinson, 1801 - 431 Seiten |
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... liberty they would probably dash their broken chains , to the present injury of themselves , and of all who were near them . Still he feared the enemy less than our allies For who were those allies ? What had been their conduct ? Could ...
... liberty they would probably dash their broken chains , to the present injury of themselves , and of all who were near them . Still he feared the enemy less than our allies For who were those allies ? What had been their conduct ? Could ...
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... liberty which was purchased for you by the 1793. best blood of your ancestors . " Military transac- tions . The siege of Valenciennes being now in con- templation of the prince of Cobourg , it was de termined by the allies to attempt an ...
... liberty which was purchased for you by the 1793. best blood of your ancestors . " Military transac- tions . The siege of Valenciennes being now in con- templation of the prince of Cobourg , it was de termined by the allies to attempt an ...
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... liberty ; demonstrating , by this means , the necessity of that radical reform which he now professed so vehemently to deprecate . The house at length divided , the votes being 41 for , and 282 against , referring the petitions to a ...
... liberty ; demonstrating , by this means , the necessity of that radical reform which he now professed so vehemently to deprecate . The house at length divided , the votes being 41 for , and 282 against , referring the petitions to a ...
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... liberty , consisting indiscriminately of Protestants and Catholics , had recently been established , under the name of the SOCIETY of UNITED IRISHMEN , whose object it was to obtain a complete eman- cipation for the Catholics , and a ...
... liberty , consisting indiscriminately of Protestants and Catholics , had recently been established , under the name of the SOCIETY of UNITED IRISHMEN , whose object it was to obtain a complete eman- cipation for the Catholics , and a ...
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... liberty and property against all invasion : but with us the order of civil asso- ciation is reversed , and the law becomes the foe , the ruffian that violates the rights and destroys the harmony of society . As to the favored part of ...
... liberty and property against all invasion : but with us the order of civil asso- ciation is reversed , and the law becomes the foe , the ruffian that violates the rights and destroys the harmony of society . As to the favored part of ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allies ambassador appeared arms army assembly atheism Austrians avowed Battle of Neerwinden bill BOOK Britain British Catholics cause Clairfait command committee conduct consequence constitution Convention Corsica court of London danger debate declared decree duke of York Dumouriez Dutch earl emperor enemy engaged England English established Europe evacuate executive exertions force Gironde government of France Grey Holland honorable house of peers Ireland Jacobin justice king king of Prussia kingdom Klundert land Landreci liberty lord Fitzwilliam lord Grenville lordship majesty March marquis ment military monarchy motion moved nation negatived negotiation neutrality object occasion Paris parliament party passed peace persons Pichegru Pitt political present prince of Cobourg principles proceedings Prussian question reform religion republic republican resolution restore retreat Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre sentiments session Sheridan siege speech spirit stadtholder success surrendered tion took Toulon treason treaty troops Vendée
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 284 - of LAW there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, — the very least, as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 115 - THAT they shall stop and detain all ships laden with goods, the produce of any colony belonging to France, or carrying provisions or other supplies for the use of any such colony, and shall bring the same, with their cargoes, to legal adjudication in our courts of admiralty.
Seite 71 - Majesty's subjects from their oath of allegiance, upon any pretext whatsoever ? 3. Is there any principle in the tenets of the Catholic Faith, by which Catholics are justified in not keeping faith with heretics, or other persons differing from them in religious opinions, in any transaction, either of a public or a private nature...
Seite 265 - The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion, that, contrary to the order of human events, they will, forever, keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
Seite 59 - Your Petitioners complain, that the elective franchise is so partially and unequally distributed, and is in so many instances committed to bodies of men of such very limited numbers, that the majority of your honourable House is elected by less than fifteen thousand electors, which, even if the male adults in the kingdom be estimated at so low a number as three millions, is not more than the two hundredth part of the people to be represented.
Seite 254 - Asia, which has ever been esteemed the nurse of sciences, the inventress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, fertile in the productions of human genius, abounding in natural wonders, and infinitely diversified in the forms of religion and government, in the laws, manners, customs, and languages, as well as in the features and complexions of men.
Seite 105 - In one country, and that the centre of Christendom, revelation underwent a total eclipse ; while atheism, performing on a darkened theatre its strange and fearful tragedy, confounded the first elements of society, blended every age, rank, and sex, in indiscriminate proscription and massacre, and convulsed all Europe to its centre ; that the imperishable memorial of these events might teach...
Seite 265 - If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war.
Seite 232 - ... peculiar transaction of the prisoners, but of immense bodies of the King's subjects in various parts of the kingdom, assembled without the smallest reserve, and giving to the public, through the channel of the daily newspapers, a minute and regular journal of their whole proceedings.
Seite 245 - This man, of masculine mind, though disgusted at the disorder which Lord George Gordon created, felt a triumph in his acquittal, and exclaimed, as we learn from Mr. Boswell, " I hate Lord G. Gordon, but I am glad he was not convicted of this constructive treason; for, though I hate him, I love my country and myself.