Annual Register, Volume 43Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1802 - History |
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... carried by a great majority.A question was now put to minifters by the duke of Norfolk , of the fame purport with the earl of Suffolk's , to which no anfwer had been given . His grace withed to know on what days the fubjects contained ...
... carried by a great majority.A question was now put to minifters by the duke of Norfolk , of the fame purport with the earl of Suffolk's , to which no anfwer had been given . His grace withed to know on what days the fubjects contained ...
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... carried . No time was loft by the legislature in its endeavours to provide remedies for the public dif- trefs . The commons , on the fol- lowing day , voted bounties on the importation of various kinds of grain . Three feveral bills ...
... carried . No time was loft by the legislature in its endeavours to provide remedies for the public dif- trefs . The commons , on the fol- lowing day , voted bounties on the importation of various kinds of grain . Three feveral bills ...
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... carried ; and if it be true that we have three millions of acres in this ifland fit for the plough , and hitherto ... carry it into effect , I will take the liberty of ftating to the house what lights we have derived from the ...
... carried ; and if it be true that we have three millions of acres in this ifland fit for the plough , and hitherto ... carry it into effect , I will take the liberty of ftating to the house what lights we have derived from the ...
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... carried into a law . To the urgent bufinefs of provid- ing a fupply of food for the nation , a helping hand was lent ... carry out return - cargoes , as had been allowed formerly to coun- try fhips ; and , on the 30th of Sep- tember , in ...
... carried into a law . To the urgent bufinefs of provid- ing a fupply of food for the nation , a helping hand was lent ... carry out return - cargoes , as had been allowed formerly to coun- try fhips ; and , on the 30th of Sep- tember , in ...
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... carried , be followed by others of a more comprehenfive nature . With respect to fir Sidney Smith's powers , it was not necef fary for him to be specially inftruct ed , either to fanction or to reject a convention . Sir Sidney was the ...
... carried , be followed by others of a more comprehenfive nature . With respect to fir Sidney Smith's powers , it was not necef fary for him to be specially inftruct ed , either to fanction or to reject a convention . Sir Sidney was the ...
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Page 346 - These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment : they should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic...
Page 346 - ... bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that of others by doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental to the happiness and freedom of all. Relying, then, on the patronage of your...
Page 344 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.
Page 344 - But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
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Page 84 - ... of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him, more than any other person ; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity.
Page 349 - When we consider that this Government is charged with the external and mutual relations only of these States; that the States themselves have principal care of our persons, our property, and our reputation, constituting the great field of human concerns, we may well doubt whether our organization is not too complicated, too expensive; whether offices and officers have not been multiplied unnecessarily and sometimes injuriously to the service they were meant to promote.
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