Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly miscellany) [afterw.] The Political review and monthly mirror of the times, Volume 3Benjamin Flower 1808 |
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... PROCEEDINGS . REEDOM of discussion of the acts of government on all occa sions , is one of the most sacred and unalienable rights of Britons ; and however severe may be the language of reprobation when applied to the conduct . of ...
... PROCEEDINGS . REEDOM of discussion of the acts of government on all occa sions , is one of the most sacred and unalienable rights of Britons ; and however severe may be the language of reprobation when applied to the conduct . of ...
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... proceedings . As it is now clear to demonstration , they can offer nothing to excuse their wickedness and folly , we trust that those noble lords and gentlemen who have so honourably distinguished themselves , will early bring forward ...
... proceedings . As it is now clear to demonstration , they can offer nothing to excuse their wickedness and folly , we trust that those noble lords and gentlemen who have so honourably distinguished themselves , will early bring forward ...
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... proceedings , the firm and moderate language of the resolutions , and the declaration that should ministers advise his Ma- jesty to reject their petition , they will not be discouraged from pe- titioning in future , these circumstances ...
... proceedings , the firm and moderate language of the resolutions , and the declaration that should ministers advise his Ma- jesty to reject their petition , they will not be discouraged from pe- titioning in future , these circumstances ...
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... PROCEEDINGS . THE most interesting of the debates in Parliament which have hitherto taken place are those relative to the Danish expedition ; and a more interesting object , in the discussion of which not only the character of the ...
... PROCEEDINGS . THE most interesting of the debates in Parliament which have hitherto taken place are those relative to the Danish expedition ; and a more interesting object , in the discussion of which not only the character of the ...
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... proceedings . " The moderation and hu- manity of those who threatened the inhabitants of Copenhagen " with every species of devastation , " and who so well executed their threat , may be better conceived than expressed . When the right ...
... proceedings . " The moderation and hu- manity of those who threatened the inhabitants of Copenhagen " with every species of devastation , " and who so well executed their threat , may be better conceived than expressed . When the right ...
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Page 48 - State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend, Dissension, like a vapor sinks; And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks.
Page 346 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Page 229 - To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled. • The Humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled...
Page 48 - No : — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; 3 And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 6 - The provisions of the present decree shall be abrogated and null, in fact, as soon as the English abide again by the principles of the law of nations, which are also the principles of justice and of honour.
Page 346 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Page 114 - The Eloquence of the British Senate ; being a Selection of the best Speeches of the most distinguished Parliamentary Speakers, from the beginning of the Reign of Charles I. to the present Time : with Notes, biographical, critical, and explanatory.
Page 225 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the...
Page 5 - Art. II. Whether the ships thus denationalized by the arbitrary measures of the English government, enter into our ports, or those of our allies, or whether they fall into the hands of our ships of war, or of our privateers, they are declared to be good and lawful prize.
Page 46 - ... majesty to inform you, that the determination of the enemy to excite hostilities between his majesty and his late allies, the emperors of Russia and Austria, and the king of Prussia, has been but too successful ; and that the ministers from those powers have demanded and received their passports. — This measure, on the part of Russia, has been attempted to be justified by a statement of wrongs and grievances which have no real foundation. The emperor of Russia had indeed...