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And if this cannot be believed , what follows but a conviction , that there was a
right understanding between the contracting powers , a regu - ' lar treaty of
cession , and an alliance offensive and defensive ; which from thence forward
was ...
And if this cannot be believed , what follows but a conviction , that there was a
right understanding between the contracting powers , a regu - ' lar treaty of
cession , and an alliance offensive and defensive ; which from thence forward
was ...
Halaman 59
Repair those decays , and all will soon be well : every thing else will follow , as
the cart , to use a homely phrase , follows the horse that draws ic : but when we
see the cart before the horse , we are reminded of the bubble , in which the
people ...
Repair those decays , and all will soon be well : every thing else will follow , as
the cart , to use a homely phrase , follows the horse that draws ic : but when we
see the cart before the horse , we are reminded of the bubble , in which the
people ...
Halaman 110
Stand forth then , I say , men of England , to avert from yourselves and your
posterity the evils , the misery , the degradation , and shame , that inevitably
follow a loss of liberty ! . In your counties and in your towns immediately
assemble .
Stand forth then , I say , men of England , to avert from yourselves and your
posterity the evils , the misery , the degradation , and shame , that inevitably
follow a loss of liberty ! . In your counties and in your towns immediately
assemble .
Halaman 135
To be attended to , they must pay attention to the situation of their country ; and
they must not be contented with thinking as others think , but they must follow
good examples and act as others act ; they must petition ; they must address , for
the ...
To be attended to , they must pay attention to the situation of their country ; and
they must not be contented with thinking as others think , but they must follow
good examples and act as others act ; they must petition ; they must address , for
the ...
Halaman 139
Deeply stricken , let the victors but follow up their blow , it shall no more rally .
Crest - fallen , and smitten with a panic terror , the faction shall no where be more
able to face the “ county power , ” led on by patriot leaders , ihan Lord
Castlereagh ...
Deeply stricken , let the victors but follow up their blow , it shall no more rally .
Crest - fallen , and smitten with a panic terror , the faction shall no where be more
able to face the “ county power , ” led on by patriot leaders , ihan Lord
Castlereagh ...
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Halaman 106 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Halaman 61 - When this child of ours wishes to assimilate to its parent, and to reflect with a true filial resemblance the beauteous countenance of British liberty, are we to turn to them the shameful parts of our Constitution ? are we to give them our weakness for their strength?
Halaman 114 - ... his charitable toils for the relief of India, did not forget the poor rotten constitution of his native country. For her, he did not disdain to stoop to the trade of a wholesale upholsterer for this house, to furnish it not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but with real, solid, living patterns of true modern virtue.
Halaman 60 - our children;" but when children ask for bread we are not to give a stone. Is it because the natural resistance of things, and the various mutations of time...
Halaman 95 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Halaman 14 - States and a corresponding amendment of the Constitution, be applied in time of peace to rivers, canals, roads, arts, manufactures, education and other great objects within each State. In time of war, if injustice by ourselves or others must sometimes produce war, increased as the same revenue will be...
Halaman 116 - Eastern harlot ; which so many of the people, so many of the nobles of tlns land, had drained to the very dregs. Do you think that no reckoning was to follow this lewd debauch? that no payment was to be demanded for this riot of public drunkenness, and national prostitution ? Here ! you have it, here, before you.
Halaman 66 - ... convicted, shall be subject and liable to such pains and penalties, as by any law now in force persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are subject and liable to.
Halaman 14 - ... the revenue thereby liberated may, by a just repartition among the states, and a corresponding amendment of the constitution, be applied, in time of peace, to rivers, canals, roads, arts, manufactures, education, and other great objects within each state.
Halaman 158 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.