Facts Better Than Arguments: In a Letter to the Right Honourable William Windham |
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... and resolution to its conduct , deserve a more honourable return from its
statesmen , than the rancorous contentions of party rivalships . An union so :
extensive , continued and determined , among all classes of men , who are
reconciled !", ...
... and resolution to its conduct , deserve a more honourable return from its
statesmen , than the rancorous contentions of party rivalships . An union so :
extensive , continued and determined , among all classes of men , who are
reconciled !", ...
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Bnt no man will seriously : contend that we ought to have continued that war ,
from an apprehension that we might lose in peace a portion of those advantages
. To reason thus , would be to convert the subject into a mere question of figures ...
Bnt no man will seriously : contend that we ought to have continued that war ,
from an apprehension that we might lose in peace a portion of those advantages
. To reason thus , would be to convert the subject into a mere question of figures ...
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force , and a very large proportion of the yeo manry cavalry , which were
continued during the peace . Improvements were made in the militia system , in
consequence of which , go . vernment was enabled to call out seventy - two :
thousand ...
force , and a very large proportion of the yeo manry cavalry , which were
continued during the peace . Improvements were made in the militia system , in
consequence of which , go . vernment was enabled to call out seventy - two :
thousand ...
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have borne such continued insults , with the immoveable , stoical apathy of Lord
Grenville & Co . ? Would they who spurned at the idea of yielding one social
privilege of their countrymen , have tamely and basely listened to the threats
against ...
have borne such continued insults , with the immoveable , stoical apathy of Lord
Grenville & Co . ? Would they who spurned at the idea of yielding one social
privilege of their countrymen , have tamely and basely listened to the threats
against ...
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... was cruelly exposed to the cruizers of the enemy ; our merchant vessels were
captured by wholesale , within the sight of our own coast ; the complaints of our
ship owners and commercial men were loud , numberless , and continued .
... was cruelly exposed to the cruizers of the enemy ; our merchant vessels were
captured by wholesale , within the sight of our own coast ; the complaints of our
ship owners and commercial men were loud , numberless , and continued .
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Página 56 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Página 117 - May, the utmost industry was still employed by evildisposed persons within this kingdom, acting in concert with persons in foreign parts, with a view to subvert the laws and established constitution of this realm; and to destroy all order and government therein...
Página 125 - left undone those things which he ought to have done, and done those things which he ought not to have done,' and he said so over and over again to himself, and to his parents too.
Página 99 - France do what she will: for, if we are of opinion, that war, continued at present, must be ruin, in the course of a few years; what do we suppose it must be, when, to replace -us, where we now are, we must begin by the re'covery of that list of places, which the present treaty has given up? France, therefore, will be under no necessity...
Página 13 - ... bottom of my heart and with the solemnity of a death-bed declaration (a situation much resembling that in which we all stand), when I declare that my hon. friends who, in a moment of rashness and weakness, fatally put their hands to this treaty, have signed the death-warrant of their country. They have given it a blow under which it may languish for a few years, but from which I do not conceive how it is possible for it ever to recover.
Página 108 - The shades of Pym, Hampden, and of Sydney, are hovering over your heads; and the moment cannot be distant, when the people of France will offer their congratulations to a national convention in England.
Página 99 - ... to be endured. At all events, with its present feelings and opinions, the country never can go to war again, let France do what she will: for, if we are of opinion, that war, continued at present, must be ruin, in the course of a few years; what do we suppose it must be, when, to replace -us, where we now are, we must begin by the re'covery of that list of places, which the present treaty has given up? France, therefore, will...
Página 77 - no reason why it should not be so. We " have nothing to say against those meek " and unambitious persons, who sicken at " the sound of military fame and national " conquests ; but, we must confess, that, " for our parts, we should not like a leader...
Página 112 - ... make war against us. Will the English republicans suffer it ? Already these free men show their discontent, and the repugnance they have to bear arms against their brothers the French. Well ! we will fly to their succour — we will make a descent on the island — we will lodge there fifty thousand caps of liberty— we will plant there the sacred tree — we will stretch out our arms to our republican brethren, and the tyranny of their government shall soon be destroyed.
Página 100 - ... as often as she shall see occasion, by a smart threat of war. I cannot conceive the object, which a judicious application of these two means is not calculated to obtain. A peace, such as France has now made, mixed with proper proportions of a seasonable menace of war, ' is -a. specific, for undoing a rival country, which seems to me impossible to fail...