The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Patriots, Divines, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Present Time. Including a Complete History of England from that Area, Volumen8Charles Dilly, 1791 |
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... parliament in 1740 , as a very arbitrary and indefenfible act ; upon which Mr. Horatio Walpole thought proper to attack him with fome perfonal farcafins . He reflected upon his youth ; -and obferved , that the difcovery of truth was ...
... parliament in 1740 , as a very arbitrary and indefenfible act ; upon which Mr. Horatio Walpole thought proper to attack him with fome perfonal farcafins . He reflected upon his youth ; -and obferved , that the difcovery of truth was ...
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... parliament was altogether unexampled . And when he fell , he fell covered with popular honours ; the gratitude of a mighty people followed , and il . luftrated him ; and their indignation , and their curfe , was the inheritance of his ...
... parliament was altogether unexampled . And when he fell , he fell covered with popular honours ; the gratitude of a mighty people followed , and il . luftrated him ; and their indignation , and their curfe , was the inheritance of his ...
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... parliament ; but was very far from giving general fatisfaction to the peo- ple of England . The manner in which it was begun , and the precipitation with which it was concluded , were juftly condemned ; as were also the terms of the ...
... parliament ; but was very far from giving general fatisfaction to the peo- ple of England . The manner in which it was begun , and the precipitation with which it was concluded , were juftly condemned ; as were also the terms of the ...
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... parliament of Great Britain had no right to tax the colonies . For " the commons of America , he af ferted , represented in their feveral affemblies , had ever been in poffeffion of the exercise of their con- ftitutional right , of ...
... parliament of Great Britain had no right to tax the colonies . For " the commons of America , he af ferted , represented in their feveral affemblies , had ever been in poffeffion of the exercise of their con- ftitutional right , of ...
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... parliament to reprobate the meafures adopted re- fpecting America . On the 20th of January , 1775 , the earl of Dartmouth , then fecretary of ftate for America , having produced in the house of peers fome official American papers , lord ...
... parliament to reprobate the meafures adopted re- fpecting America . On the 20th of January , 1775 , the earl of Dartmouth , then fecretary of ftate for America , having produced in the house of peers fome official American papers , lord ...
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Página 118 - In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life.
Página 199 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work...
Página 102 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 37 - 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...
Página 38 - Judges to interpose the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your Lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Página 25 - This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail; cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Página 66 - ... the order of society, and from a veneration for the Great Source of all order: correct, nay stern in his taste; hard to please, and easily offended, impetuous and irritable in his temper, but of a most humane and benevolent heart...
Página 97 - Thou great Infallible, forbear to roar, Thy bulls and errors are rever'd no more. When doctrines meet with gen'ral approbation, It is not Heresy, but Reformation.
Página 29 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 2 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.