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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... took the field , commanded by Sir William Howe , has retired from the American lines ; -he was obliged to relinquish , his attempt ; and with great delay and danger , to adopt a new and diftant plan of operations.We fhall foon know ...
... took the field , commanded by Sir William Howe , has retired from the American lines ; -he was obliged to relinquish , his attempt ; and with great delay and danger , to adopt a new and diftant plan of operations.We fhall foon know ...
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... took place at this time , lord Suffolk , fecretary of State for the Northern department , undertook to defend therem- ployment of the Indians in the war . His lordship contended , that , befides its policy and neceffity , the mealure ...
... took place at this time , lord Suffolk , fecretary of State for the Northern department , undertook to defend therem- ployment of the Indians in the war . His lordship contended , that , befides its policy and neceffity , the mealure ...
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... took this opportunity to remind the house , that the immortal Chatham had fignalized himself as much by his difinterestedness , as by his zeal and abilities , the confequence of VOL . VIII . D which which was , that he had made no ...
... took this opportunity to remind the house , that the immortal Chatham had fignalized himself as much by his difinterestedness , as by his zeal and abilities , the confequence of VOL . VIII . D which which was , that he had made no ...
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... took into confideration his majefty's anfwer to their addrefs refpecting a provifion for the family of the late carl of Chatham ; which anfwer had been communicated to the house the day before by lord North , and contained in fubftance ...
... took into confideration his majefty's anfwer to their addrefs refpecting a provifion for the family of the late carl of Chatham ; which anfwer had been communicated to the house the day before by lord North , and contained in fubftance ...
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... took off from its real value . " A ftory ( fays Johnfon ) fhould be a fpecimen of life and manners ; but if the furrounding circumftances are falfe , as it is no more a representation of reality , it is no longer worthy our attention ...
... took off from its real value . " A ftory ( fays Johnfon ) fhould be a fpecimen of life and manners ; but if the furrounding circumftances are falfe , as it is no more a representation of reality , it is no longer worthy our attention ...
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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.