The Life and Times of Charles James Fox, Svazek 1R. Bentley, 1859 |
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... liberty to ask her what she thought the real dispo- sition of the Prince to be ? She said that I knew him almost as well as she did ; that he was very honest , but that she wished he was a little more forward and less childish at his ...
... liberty to ask her what she thought the real dispo- sition of the Prince to be ? She said that I knew him almost as well as she did ; that he was very honest , but that she wished he was a little more forward and less childish at his ...
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... Liberty herself should have been his first slave . " Next , " the Bedford faction , " except the Duke himself , as " devoid of honour , honesty , or virtue ; " and the Scotch as lending their mischievous abilities towards the ruin of ...
... Liberty herself should have been his first slave . " Next , " the Bedford faction , " except the Duke himself , as " devoid of honour , honesty , or virtue ; " and the Scotch as lending their mischievous abilities towards the ruin of ...
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... times the friend of religious liberty , and endeavoured to free both the Protestant and Roman Catholic dissenter from disabilities on account of their religious faith . He denounced the slave trade . He 26 . THE LIFE AND TIMES OF.
... times the friend of religious liberty , and endeavoured to free both the Protestant and Roman Catholic dissenter from disabilities on account of their religious faith . He denounced the slave trade . He 26 . THE LIFE AND TIMES OF.
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... Liberty ! " and was compared by his friend Churchill to the most illustrious patriots of antiquity . The contest on general warrants , the denunciation of Wilkes's 28 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHAPTER III MR FOX'S CONDUCT IN PARLIAMENT TILL ...
... Liberty ! " and was compared by his friend Churchill to the most illustrious patriots of antiquity . The contest on general warrants , the denunciation of Wilkes's 28 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHAPTER III MR FOX'S CONDUCT IN PARLIAMENT TILL ...
Strana 30
... liberty nor agreeable to the practice of the consti- tution . Mr. George Grenville , provoked by an observation of Mr. Onslow , that Alderman Beckford was not at liberty to speak against a resolution of the House of Commons , exclaimed ...
... liberty nor agreeable to the practice of the consti- tution . Mr. George Grenville , provoked by an observation of Mr. Onslow , that Alderman Beckford was not at liberty to speak against a resolution of the House of Commons , exclaimed ...
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Administration affairs alliance amendment answer army bill Britain British Burke Burke's Cabinet Charles Fox CHARLES JAMES FOX colonies conduct confidence Congress connexion consent Conway Court Crown debate declared Duke of Grafton Duke of Richmond duty Earl eloquence enemy England favour force Fox's Speeches France Franklin French friends George George III give Government Grenville honour Horace Walpole House of Commons independence of America Ireland King King's letter liberty Lord Camden Lord Chatham Lord Gower Lord Holland Lord John Cavendish Lord Keppel Lord North Lord Rockingham Lord Shelburne Majesty Majesty's measures ment Ministers Ministry motion nation negotiation never noble lord numbers object occasion opinion Opposition Parliament Parliamentary party peace person Pitt political present principles proposed question repeal resignation resolution sent situation spirit spoke temper thought tion Tory Townshend trade treaty troops vote Washington Whig whole wish
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Strana 89 - 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.
Strana 89 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sous of England worship freedom, they will turn their faces towards you.
Strana 229 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Strana 119 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
Strana 77 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed; you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it; I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Strana 122 - ... effected at the expense of our own blood and treasure, unassisted by the wealth or the strength of Great Britain: that in constituting indeed our several forms of government, we had adopted one common king, thereby laying a foundation for perpetual league and amity with tliem: but that submission to their parliament was no part of our constitution...
Strana 123 - We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, do in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these States, reject and renounce all allegiance and subjection to the Kings of Great Britain...
Strana 49 - 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.
Strana 74 - The spirit which now resists your taxation in America is the same which formerly opposed loans, benevolences, and ship-money in England, — the same spirit which called all England on its legs, and by the Bill of Rights vindicated the English constitution; the same spirit which established the great, fundamental, essential maxim of your liberties, that no subject of England shall be taxed but by his own consent.
Strana 48 - Great Britain give and grant to your majesty, what ? Our own property ? No. We give and grant to your majesty, the property of your majesty's commons of America.