The North Briton, Volúmenes1-2John Mitchell ... and James Williams, 1764 - 269 páginas |
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Página 259 - Every friend of his country must lament that a Prince of so many great and amiable qualities, whom England truly reveres, can be brought to give the sanction of his sacred name to the most odious measures, and to the most unjustifiable public declarations from a throne ever renowned for truth, honour, and unsullied virtue.
Página 261 - I did not expect so soon to have seen that word again, after it had been so lately exploded, and more than once, by a most numerous audience, hissed off the stage of our English theatres. It is held in derision by the voice of the people, and every tongue loudly proclaims the universal contempt, in which these empty professions are held by this nation. Let the public be informed of a single instance of economy, except indeed in the household.
Página 262 - In vain will such a minister, or the foul dregs of his power, the tools of corruption and despotism, preach up in the speech that spirit of concord, and that obedience to the laws, which is essential to good order. They have sent the spirit of discord through the land, and I will prophecy, that it will never be extinguished, but by the extinction of their power.
Página 262 - I will prophecy that it will never be extinguished but by the extinction of their power. Is the spirit of concord to go hand in hand with the peace and excise through this nation?
Página 260 - ... a share in the fame and glory of one of the greatest Princes the world has ever seen...
Página 91 - In the year 1746, when the Guards were ordered to march to Finchley, on the most important service they could be employed in — the extinguishing a...
Página 263 - The ministry are not ashamed of doing the thing in private ; they are only afraid of the publication. Was it a tender regard for the honour...
Página 257 - Scot is to assume that motley form. By him every arrangement to this hour has been made, and the notification has been as regularly sent by letter under his hand.
Página 261 - Lord Ligonier is now no longer at the head of the army; but lord Bute in effect is; I mean that every preferment given by the crown will be found...
Página 260 - Peace were such as have drawn the contempt of mankind on our wretched negotiators. All our most valuable conquests were agreed to be restored, and the East-India Company would have been infallibly ruined by a single article of this fallacious and baneful negotiation. No hireling...