History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, Volumen5Little, Brown, 1853 |
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... passed in Virginia prohibiting inoculation for the small - pox , and imposing on it as on a crime a penalty of 1,000l . Thus incompetent judges are the multitude of their own true interest ! So ill could any Government , depending ...
... passed in Virginia prohibiting inoculation for the small - pox , and imposing on it as on a crime a penalty of 1,000l . Thus incompetent judges are the multitude of their own true interest ! So ill could any Government , depending ...
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... passed out the huzzas which had greeted his coming redoubled , and the multitude catching at the length of his speech as a topic of praise shouted again and again : " Three hours and a half ! Three hours " and a half ! " " From the ...
... passed out the huzzas which had greeted his coming redoubled , and the multitude catching at the length of his speech as a topic of praise shouted again and again : " Three hours and a half ! Three hours " and a half ! " " From the ...
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... passed on this occasion were , as he desired , made public . † So great was Mr. Allen's concern , that he not only resigned his seat in the Corporation , but withdrew from any further part in public affairs until his death which hap ...
... passed on this occasion were , as he desired , made public . † So great was Mr. Allen's concern , that he not only resigned his seat in the Corporation , but withdrew from any further part in public affairs until his death which hap ...
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... passed , how , as it seemed , the Government had been ransacking Wilkes's desk in search of libels . Pitt re- plied with just indignation : " Why do they not search " the Bishop of Gloucester's study for heresy ? " The Commons had ...
... passed , how , as it seemed , the Government had been ransacking Wilkes's desk in search of libels . Pitt re- plied with just indignation : " Why do they not search " the Bishop of Gloucester's study for heresy ? " The Commons had ...
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... passed by unquestioned and almost unnoticed , but the case of Wilkes stirred up inquiry , and then it ap- peared that the most eminent lawyers of the day , headed by Chief Justice Pratt , on consideration , held this form of warrant to ...
... passed by unquestioned and almost unnoticed , but the case of Wilkes stirred up inquiry , and then it ap- peared that the most eminent lawyers of the day , headed by Chief Justice Pratt , on consideration , held this form of warrant to ...
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Página 134 - 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.
Página 42 - Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Página 131 - I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men — men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last. These men, in the last war, were brought to combat on your side. They served with fidelity, as they fought with valour, and conquered for you in every part of the world.
Página 66 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Página 134 - The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper: they have been wronged: they have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There...
Página 134 - 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.
Página 132 - If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves ; rights which they will claim, which they will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by power. There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in the house.
Página 120 - He never presents himself to their thoughts, but to menace and alarm them.
Página 330 - SIR, — His Majesty has thought proper to order a new commission of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not perceive your name.
Página 93 - God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.