The Life and Corespondence of the Right Honble Henry Addington: First Viscount Sidmouth, Band 2J. Murray, 1847 |
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Seite 347 - The Mayor and Corporation of Devizes avail themselves of the stability of this building, to transmit to future times the record of an awful event...
Seite 155 - ... ever induce them to consent to a violation of those rights on which the liberties of the people of this country are founded.
Seite 259 - I see a triple naval bulwark, composed of one fleet acting on the enemy's coast, of another consisting of heavier ships stationed in the Downs, ready to act at a moment's notice, and a third close to the beach, capable of destroying any part of the enemy's flotilla that should escape the vigilance of the other two branches of our defence.
Seite 253 - ... from the mean and mercenary sycophants, who fear and abhor that such friends should be near him. It is satisfactory to me, also, that this appointment gives me the title and opportunity of seeing the Prince, on trying occasions, openly and in the face of day, and puts aside the mask of mystery and concealment.
Seite 435 - Mr. Fox's powers of attraction must have been extraordinary, indeed, to overcome, as they did, not only the feebler resistance of Lord Sidmouth's political prepossessions, but also the more deeply rooted predispositions which were believed to prevail in the royal mind. Yet that such was the case is unquestionable.
Seite 179 - House, when a message to parliament was signed by the King, and letters of marque and reprisal against France were ordered to be issued. The message was delivered in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this day se'nnight fixed for taking it into consideration.
Seite 226 - Asia, but combined with the blows struck in every other quarter, it is impossible to convey to you an adequate idea of the splendour of your fame in this part of the world. With all the sanguine temper of my mind I declare that I could not have hoped for a completion of my plans at once so rapid and so secure. I must now send you fresh instructions, as you have reached the limits of all my first ideas.
Seite 367 - Pitt's excellent understanding so befooled by less worthy associates." should be removed. He would also allow them a full community of civil rights with the rest of his Majesty's subjects ; but never would he agree to place in their hands powers sufficient to subvert the constitution." Mr. Fox's motion in the Commons, to the same purport, shared a similar fate on the following day, being rejected by a majority of 336 to 124. The danger, indeed, and impropriety of agitating the question at such a...
Seite 116 - Besides this consideration, he stated, not less pointedly and decidedly, his sentiments with regard to the absolute necessity there is in the conduct of the affairs of this country, that there should be an avowed and real Minister, possessing the chief weight in the council, and the principal place in the confidence of the King.
Seite 189 - An Act to continue until six weeks after the commencement of the next session of Parliament...