Life of William PittHarcourt, Brace & Company, 1924 - 632 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action affairs alliance asserted Auckland Journals Austria B.M. Add Berlin Bill Britain British Burke Cabinet Carmarthen Catharine cause Chatham chief Coalition commercial conduct Corresp Court Crown debate debt declared desire Dropmore Duke of Rutland Dundas Dutch Earl efforts England envoy Ewart favour France French friends further George George III Government Grenville Harris Hastings Hertzberg Hist Holland honour hope Horace Walpole House of Commons Ibid India influence interest Ireland Irish Joseph II King King's Leeds letter London Lord North Malmesbury Diaries measure ment Ministry nation never once Parl Parliament parliamentary party Patriots peace Pitt MSS Pitt's political present Prime Minister Prince of Wales probably proposal Provinces Prussia question Reform Regency royal scheme seemed sent Shelburne Sheridan showed Sir James Harris sought speech Stadholder statesman Thurlow tion trade treaty triumph Vergennes Versailles votes Warren Hastings Westminster Whig Wilberforce Wraxall wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 450 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Seite 16 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Seite 550 - The science of constructing a commonwealth, or renovating it, or reforming it, is, like every other experimental science, not to be taught a priori. Nor is it a short experience that can instruct us in that practical science, because the real effects of moral causes are not always immediate; but that which in the first instance is prejudicial may be excellent in its remoter operation, and its excellence may arise even from the ill effects it produces in the beginning.
Seite 550 - The nature of man is intricate ; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity : and therefore no simple disposition or direction of power can be suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs.
Seite 550 - The science of government being therefore so practical in itself, and intended for such practical purposes, a matter which requires experience, and even more experience than any person can gain in his whole life, however sagacious and observing he may be, — it is with infinite caution that any man ough't to venture upon pulling down an edifice which hasj. answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again without having models and patterns of approved...
Seite 289 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Seite 11 - A Government in every country should be just like a Corporation,* and in this country it is made up of the landed interest which alone has a right to be represented.
Seite 99 - That the House would consider as enemies to his majesty and the country all those who should advise, or by any means attempt, the further prosecution of offensive war on the Continent of North America.
Seite 415 - ... which seated the house of Brunswick on the throne of Great Britain, ever to assume or exercise any power, be his claim what it might, not derived from the will of the people, expressed by their representatives and their lordships in parliament assembled.
Seite 297 - Retained too long a countenance severe; A rock with torrents roaring, with the clouds Familiar, and a favourite of the stars: But thou didst plant its crevices with flowers, Hang it with shrubs that twinkle in the breeze, And teach the little birds to build their nests And warble in its chambers.