Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the Close of the American Revolution, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 - History, Modern |
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... says the historian Ralph , “ had the advantage of the dispute ( page 589 ) . His condescending to appeal to his people softened their hearts , if it did not convince their understandings ; he appeared to be an object of compassion ; he ...
... says the historian Ralph , “ had the advantage of the dispute ( page 589 ) . His condescending to appeal to his people softened their hearts , if it did not convince their understandings ; he appeared to be an object of compassion ; he ...
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... says Ralph ( 592 ) , " the gazettes from the middle of May to the January following ( that is , from the publication of the declaration ) are little more than a collection of testimonies , that the people were weary of all those rights ...
... says Ralph ( 592 ) , " the gazettes from the middle of May to the January following ( that is , from the publication of the declaration ) are little more than a collection of testimonies , that the people were weary of all those rights ...
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... say a word on the last . affair may reasonably excite the This most extraordinary curiosity , but will in vain exercise the inquiries of the most laborious student . It was impossible at the time , it has been ever since im- possible ...
... say a word on the last . affair may reasonably excite the This most extraordinary curiosity , but will in vain exercise the inquiries of the most laborious student . It was impossible at the time , it has been ever since im- possible ...
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... says Dalrymple , a yet more morti- fying stroke ; he found that the court of France had been capable of intending ( though the design was at last laid aside ) to make public his secret negotiations with the Duchess of Orleans . What was ...
... says Dalrymple , a yet more morti- fying stroke ; he found that the court of France had been capable of intending ( though the design was at last laid aside ) to make public his secret negotiations with the Duchess of Orleans . What was ...
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... says Burnet , were taken by the court to divert this bill ; the court proposed that some regard might be had to Protestant Dissenters . By this means they hoped to have set them and the church party into new heats , for now all were ...
... says Burnet , were taken by the court to divert this bill ; the court proposed that some regard might be had to Protestant Dissenters . By this means they hoped to have set them and the church party into new heats , for now all were ...
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Page 412 - ... sort of people who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material, and who, therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master principles which, in the opinion of such men as I have mentioned, have no substantial existence, are in truth everything, and all in all. Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire...
Page 382 - At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever ; that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 411 - It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price of which you have the monopoly.
Page 514 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name...
Page 432 - For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
Page 412 - English communion that gives all their life and efficacy to them. It is the spirit of the English constitution which, infused through the mighty mass, pervades, feeds, unites, invigorates, vivifies every part of the empire, even down to the minutest member.
Page 431 - ... and children destitute of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor?
Page 380 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 411 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 178 - I shall therefore venture to acknowledge, that, not only as a man, but as a British subject, I pray for the flourishing commerce of Germany, Spain, Italy, and even France itself. I am at least certain that Great Britain, and all those nations, would flourish more, did their sovereigns and ministers adopt such enlarged and benevolent sentiments towards each other.