Annual Register, Volume 21Edmund Burke 1778 - History |
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... Majesty's moft gracious declaration , as from the humanity and general prudence of government , that an immediate ftop would be put to the effufion of blood , as foon as the conduct of the milled multitude in America , whether from the ...
... Majesty's moft gracious declaration , as from the humanity and general prudence of government , that an immediate ftop would be put to the effufion of blood , as foon as the conduct of the milled multitude in America , whether from the ...
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... Majesty's fub- jects ; and that it will leave us in an exhaufted ftate , with our land and fea forces at the distance of 3000 miles , open to the infult or attack of any fecret or infidious enemy ; -and , that it is unbe- coming the ...
... Majesty's fub- jects ; and that it will leave us in an exhaufted ftate , with our land and fea forces at the distance of 3000 miles , open to the infult or attack of any fecret or infidious enemy ; -and , that it is unbe- coming the ...
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... Majesty's fervice , in fuch manner as his Majefty in his " wifdom fhall think fit . " 66 66 A fimilar attempt was made in Bristol to induce the corporation to raife a body of men . The event was alfo fimilar . The de- fign failed with ...
... Majesty's fervice , in fuch manner as his Majefty in his " wifdom fhall think fit . " 66 66 A fimilar attempt was made in Bristol to induce the corporation to raife a body of men . The event was alfo fimilar . The de- fign failed with ...
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... Majesty's colonies in America , in confe- quence of their letter to Lord George Germaine , dated the 30th of November 1776 , excepting fuch part of faid anfwer as might affect the fafety of any individual . " It was oppofed by the ...
... Majesty's colonies in America , in confe- quence of their letter to Lord George Germaine , dated the 30th of November 1776 , excepting fuch part of faid anfwer as might affect the fafety of any individual . " It was oppofed by the ...
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... Majesty was pleafed to in- form parliament in a fpeech " from the throne at the opening " of this feffion ; and alfo taking " into confideration that a very " great part of our naval and " land forces are on the other fide " of the ...
... Majesty was pleafed to in- form parliament in a fpeech " from the throne at the opening " of this feffion ; and alfo taking " into confideration that a very " great part of our naval and " land forces are on the other fide " of the ...
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Page 99 - A Note of my Bathe Business about the Parliament. ' Saturday, Dec. 26, 1646. 'Went to Bathe and dined with the Maior and Citizens; conferred about my election to serve in parliament, as my father was helpless and ill able to go any more ; went to the George Inn at night, met the Bailiffs, and desired to be dismissed from .serving ; drank strong beer and metheglin ; expended about iijv.
Page 288 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England, the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article, shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out...
Page 282 - An act to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pensylvania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Maryland...
Page 268 - ¡rinds, tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great - Britain, called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed ; and that a proportionable cefs, according to the ninth article of the treaty of union, be laid upon that part of Great-Britain called Scotland, 1,500,000!.
Page 13 - ... to him with a letter, wherein he informed him that it was not in his power to assist him, and therefore gave him orders to surrender up the fort on the best terms he could procure. This packet fell into the hands of the French general, who immediately sent a flag of truce, desiring a conference with the governor.
Page 236 - Majefty, the royal afient was given to the following bills, viz. The bill to raife a certain fum by loans on exchequer bills for the fervice of 1778.
Page 267 - To replace to the finking fund, the like fum paid out of the fame...
Page 282 - Oswald in the execution of this our Commission, and of the powers and authorities herein contained, Provided always, and We do hereby...
Page 117 - Americans would have submitted to his laws, and they resisted them. He thought they would have submitted to his armies, and they were beaten by inferior numbers. He made conciliatory propositions, and he thought they would succeed, but they were rejected. He appointed commissioners to make peace, and he thought they had powers ; but he found they could not make peace, and nobody believed they had any powers.
Page 236 - MAYOR, A COMMON COUNCIL HOLDEN IN THE CHAMBER OF THE GUILDHALL OF THE CITY OF LONDON, ON SATURDAY, THE GTH DAY OF JUNE, 1778.