The Pamphleteer, Band 21Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1822 |
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... existence is at stake , and annihilation must follow before the disease can work its own cure . And though originating in feelings , as before observed , which constitute the glory of na- tional character , yet , should it be found that ...
... existence is at stake , and annihilation must follow before the disease can work its own cure . And though originating in feelings , as before observed , which constitute the glory of na- tional character , yet , should it be found that ...
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... existence of acknowledged corruptions is the only circum- stance that renders incendiaries formidable ; and that to correct these corruptions is to wrest from them their most powerful weapon . Of that By a conduct thus natural you ...
... existence of acknowledged corruptions is the only circum- stance that renders incendiaries formidable ; and that to correct these corruptions is to wrest from them their most powerful weapon . Of that By a conduct thus natural you ...
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... existence of abuse , and to the good sense of a nation , that we are indebted for the salu- tary alterations that have been made in all public institutions . Time is the universal innovator . As all public systems are subject to the ...
... existence of abuse , and to the good sense of a nation , that we are indebted for the salu- tary alterations that have been made in all public institutions . Time is the universal innovator . As all public systems are subject to the ...
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... existence : he is nothing if not popular : he is elated by the triumph , not by the cause of victory . Instead of opposing the errors of the multi- tude , he encourages their prejudices and inflames their passions . He unites in the ...
... existence : he is nothing if not popular : he is elated by the triumph , not by the cause of victory . Instead of opposing the errors of the multi- tude , he encourages their prejudices and inflames their passions . He unites in the ...
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... existence , with infidels and barbarians . It is not by steel only that the sinews of war are sup- plied , or its events decided . The expression of a great and gene- people's approbation , the very influence of their encourage- ment ...
... existence , with infidels and barbarians . It is not by steel only that the sinews of war are sup- plied , or its events decided . The expression of a great and gene- people's approbation , the very influence of their encourage- ment ...
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5th Jan amount annual charge Bank Bart bill borough Britain capital Catholics cause cent Champion character City committee consider Constitution contagion Cornwall corruption County Scotland currency debt declared Demagogue depreciation Devon district Dorset duty effect election enacted England equal establishment evil existence favor feel fundholders Government Henry honor House of Commons influence interest John King kingdom land Lazarettos letter liberty Lord Fitzwilliam Majesty Majesty's means measure ment millions ministers nation nature Nicholas Campbell Noble Lord oaths object OCHLOCRACY Old Sarum opinion opposed parish hamlet Parliament Patriot peace persons Phocion Pitt political poll poll clerk present principle produce quarantine reduced Reform religion render rent representation Resolution respect returning officer sheriff Sinking Fund Spain spirit Suffolk supported the motion Sussex taxation taxes tion Town Vide Viscount vote Wales wapentake whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 191 - My Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there? We do not know the worst: but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Seite 192 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Seite 191 - ... to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren?
Seite 80 - Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me in this appointment, yet, I feel great distress from a consciousness, that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust...
Seite 81 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Seite 77 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Seite 191 - ... their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms, never, never, never.
Seite 198 - Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Seite 535 - An Act to prevent the Training of Persons to the Use of Arms, and to the Practice of Military Evolutions and Exercise...
Seite 85 - HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude, that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers ; because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject, but the secret lets and difficulties, which in public proceedings are innumerable and inevitable, they have not ordinarily the judgment to consider.