Annals of Great Britain: From the Ascension of George III, to the Peace of Amiens ...Mundell, 1807 |
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... forces , besides the militia of England , two regiments of fencibles in North Bri- tain , the provincial troops in North America , and 67,177 German auxiliaries to support the war in Westphalia , were voted for the service of 1762 . For ...
... forces , besides the militia of England , two regiments of fencibles in North Bri- tain , the provincial troops in North America , and 67,177 German auxiliaries to support the war in Westphalia , were voted for the service of 1762 . For ...
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... it did not fare stein . so well with the left and centre , against which Prince Ferdinand and the marquis of Granby fought at the head of their divisions . Their III . 1762 . CHAP . whole force in those GEORGE III . 59.
... it did not fare stein . so well with the left and centre , against which Prince Ferdinand and the marquis of Granby fought at the head of their divisions . Their III . 1762 . CHAP . whole force in those GEORGE III . 59.
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... force in those points must have been put to the rout , had not Mr. de Stainville , with the flower of the French infantry , thrown himself in- into a wood , where , at the expence of sacrificing almost his whole division , he secured ...
... force in those points must have been put to the rout , had not Mr. de Stainville , with the flower of the French infantry , thrown himself in- into a wood , where , at the expence of sacrificing almost his whole division , he secured ...
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... force embarked upon this enterprise was partly English and partly Por- tuguese , consisting of only three frigates , two store ships , with 500 land troops on - board . The ex- pedition , which was planned and upheld by a com- pany of ...
... force embarked upon this enterprise was partly English and partly Por- tuguese , consisting of only three frigates , two store ships , with 500 land troops on - board . The ex- pedition , which was planned and upheld by a com- pany of ...
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... forces . It deserves to be noticed , that the news of our having taken the Havannah arrived in England the 29th of Septem- ber . Lord Bute was of opinion , that , for the sake of accelerating the signing of the preliminaries , this ...
... forces . It deserves to be noticed , that the news of our having taken the Havannah arrived in England the 29th of Septem- ber . Lord Bute was of opinion , that , for the sake of accelerating the signing of the preliminaries , this ...
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Página 418 - 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 ; to turn forth into our settlements among our ancient connections, friends, and relations, the merciless cannibal, thirsting for the blood of man, woman, and child!
Página 122 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Página 417 - Bench to defend and support the justice of their country : I call upon the bishops...
Página 415 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
Página 123 - House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here. Is he represented by any knight of the shire in any county in this kingdom? Would to God that respectable representation was augmented to a greater number!
Página xii - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me, I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Página 417 - That God and nature put into our hands! " I know not what ideas that Lord may entertain of God and nature, but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife — to the cannibal savage, torturing, murdering...
Página 122 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Página 285 - Tis liberty to liberty engaged," that they will defend themselves, their families, and their country. In this great cause they are immovably allied: it is the alliance of God and nature — immutable, eternal — fixed as the firmament of heaven.
Página 126 - America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. 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.