Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 6William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1804 - Great Britain |
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... occasion , pledged itself to pay 2,000 white troops , the present proposition could not be regarded as unreasonable . He re- minded them , at the same time , of the ad- vantages which the colony would derive from the establishment of ...
... occasion , pledged itself to pay 2,000 white troops , the present proposition could not be regarded as unreasonable . He re- minded them , at the same time , of the ad- vantages which the colony would derive from the establishment of ...
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... occasion there was a meeting of the West - India planters and merchants , held on the 24th of June , 1803 , at which meet- ing the following resolutions were agreed to , and were afterwards printed and circulated . " I. That experience ...
... occasion there was a meeting of the West - India planters and merchants , held on the 24th of June , 1803 , at which meet- ing the following resolutions were agreed to , and were afterwards printed and circulated . " I. That experience ...
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... occasion him an annual loss in direct proportion to the quantity of his produce they make an annual addition to his ... occasions , when the gover- nor has , of late years , made an application to the Assembly for an addition to their ...
... occasion him an annual loss in direct proportion to the quantity of his produce they make an annual addition to his ... occasions , when the gover- nor has , of late years , made an application to the Assembly for an addition to their ...
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... OCCASION . And he sub- joins the reason assigned for this , to wit , be- cause there used to be a murmur and an outcry ( we have certainly better - behaved Parliaments now ) about the King's absence , as mischievous and dangerous to the ...
... OCCASION . And he sub- joins the reason assigned for this , to wit , be- cause there used to be a murmur and an outcry ( we have certainly better - behaved Parliaments now ) about the King's absence , as mischievous and dangerous to the ...
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... occasion is the more lively as he can by no means reconcile the violation of the territory of the Elector of Baden to those principles of justice and propriety which are held sacred among nations , and are the bulwark of their ...
... occasion is the more lively as he can by no means reconcile the violation of the territory of the Elector of Baden to those principles of justice and propriety which are held sacred among nations , and are the bulwark of their ...
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Page 659 - I do assure your lordship," said he, in his answer to the lord mayor, "that there is not that man breathing who sets a higher value upon the thanks of his fellow-citizens of London than myself; but I should feel as much ashamed to receive them for a particular service, marked in the resolution, if I felt that I did not come within that line of service, as I should feel hurt at having a great victory passed over without notice. I beg to inform your lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been...
Page 659 - Rear-Admiral resolve to let the matter rest until he could have an opportunity personally to call upon the Lord Mayor, to account for such an extraordinary omission; but from this second omission, I owe it to that excellent Officer not to pass it by. And I do assure your Lordship, that the constant...
Page 865 - His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green: Around the world each needful product flies, For all the luxuries the world supplies; While thus the land adorned for pleasure all In barren splendour feebly waits the fall.
Page 543 - November next, be held, and sit for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs: and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said 2/th day of November next.
Page 661 - Bustamente, knight of the order of St. James, and a rear-admiral. They are from Monte Video, Rio de la Plata ; and, from the information of the captain of the flag-ship, contained about four millions of dollars, eight hundred thousand of which were on board the Mercedes which blew up.
Page 187 - Majesty) the animating hope, that the benefits to be derived from our successful exertions will not be confined within ourselves, but that, by their example and their consequences, they may lead to the re-establishment of such a system in Europe, as may rescue it from the precarious state to which it is reduced ; and may finally raise an effectual barrier against the unbounded schemes of aggrandizement and ambition which threaten every independent nation that yet remains on the continent.
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