A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, FROM THE YEAR 1755 TO THE TREATY OF AMIENS IN 1802 WITH NOTES, TO VERIFY OR ELUCIDATE THE PASSAGES TO WHICH THEY REFER. |
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... opposed it vehemently , not only on the grounds of the great expence which must attend it , but as inimical to the ... opposition , that , in a very full house , the votes were equally divided ; 169 appearing on each side that of the ...
... opposed it vehemently , not only on the grounds of the great expence which must attend it , but as inimical to the ... opposition , that , in a very full house , the votes were equally divided ; 169 appearing on each side that of the ...
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... opposition to the sense of the majority of the council . Happily for the immediate interests of the state as well as the company , the earl of Cornwallis was called to this important station ; a nobleman whose character of integrity and ...
... opposition to the sense of the majority of the council . Happily for the immediate interests of the state as well as the company , the earl of Cornwallis was called to this important station ; a nobleman whose character of integrity and ...
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... oppose any scheme for aggrandizing Russia and Austria at the expence of the Porte ; a state the existence of which was so necessary to balance the confederacy now formed by the two imperial courts . For these reasons , France was ...
... oppose any scheme for aggrandizing Russia and Austria at the expence of the Porte ; a state the existence of which was so necessary to balance the confederacy now formed by the two imperial courts . For these reasons , France was ...
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... opposed by the earl of Morton and the lord chancellor , was carried by a majority of fifty - two to thirty- eight voices . This decision was followed by the discussion of two other questions relative to the Scottish peerage . The first ...
... opposed by the earl of Morton and the lord chancellor , was carried by a majority of fifty - two to thirty- eight voices . This decision was followed by the discussion of two other questions relative to the Scottish peerage . The first ...
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... opposed by lord North and Mr. Pitt . - The result was that the motion passed in the negative by 178 to 100 votes . Whilst these questions were debated in the lower house the proceedings against Mr. Hastings had been resumed , as soon as ...
... opposed by lord North and Mr. Pitt . - The result was that the motion passed in the negative by 178 to 100 votes . Whilst these questions were debated in the lower house the proceedings against Mr. Hastings had been resumed , as soon as ...
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Página 131 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody?
Página 132 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king...
Página 547 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Página 549 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Página 45 - Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
Página 132 - With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 544 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Página 132 - ... Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That with the hurly death itself awakes...
Página 499 - Majesty (conformably to the sentiments which he has already declared), to meet any disposition to negotiate on the part of the enemy, with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect...
Página 547 - ... years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.