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... grounds the committee stated it as their opinion , that it was necessary " to continue and confirm the measures already taken , for such time and " under such limitations as to the wisdom of parliament might seem " expedient . " 66 < 6 ...
... grounds the committee stated it as their opinion , that it was necessary " to continue and confirm the measures already taken , for such time and " under such limitations as to the wisdom of parliament might seem " expedient . " 66 < 6 ...
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... ground their machinations . - The smallness of the pay was that which was first resorted to on this occasion ; and the justness of it could not , indeed , be denied by any one who compared the price of all the necessaries of life with ...
... ground their machinations . - The smallness of the pay was that which was first resorted to on this occasion ; and the justness of it could not , indeed , be denied by any one who compared the price of all the necessaries of life with ...
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... ground after a hard - fought battle , and retired for protection to the moun- tainous tracts of Carinthia . All the country on the north of the Adriatic was overrun by the French armies ; and Palmanova , Gradisca , Goritz , and Trieste ...
... ground after a hard - fought battle , and retired for protection to the moun- tainous tracts of Carinthia . All the country on the north of the Adriatic was overrun by the French armies ; and Palmanova , Gradisca , Goritz , and Trieste ...
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... ground with their characteristic firmness , and repelled the impetuous assaults of their adversaries . Being once thrown into disorder , they rallied , and maintained their ground for some time . But they were , at last , forced to ...
... ground with their characteristic firmness , and repelled the impetuous assaults of their adversaries . Being once thrown into disorder , they rallied , and maintained their ground for some time . But they were , at last , forced to ...
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... grounds of the impending evils , and under the plausible pretence of preventing a renewal of all the horrors of civil war , a number of resolutions were entered into by the council of five hundred ; ‡ and , among others , one " by which ...
... grounds of the impending evils , and under the plausible pretence of preventing a renewal of all the horrors of civil war , a number of resolutions were entered into by the council of five hundred ; ‡ and , among others , one " by which ...
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Seite 186 - Such an event would alone have removed, and will at any time remove, all obstacles in the way of negotiation or peace. It would confirm to France the unmolested enjoyment of its ancient territory ; and it would give to all the other nations of Europe, in tranquillity and peace, that security which they are now compelled to seek by other means.
Seite 193 - ... sinking fund for the reduction of the principal of the debt incurred in either kingdom before the union, shall continue to be separately defrayed by Great Britain and Ireland respectively.
Seite 490 - This liberty rightly understood, consists in the power of doing whatever the laws permit ;° which is only to be effected by a general conformity of all orders and degrees to those equitable rules of action, by which the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest.
Seite 144 - ... posterity with infamy for obeying a command when their submission became an act of necessity, since the whole army did not mutiny against the execution ; therefore to establish further the authenticity of the relation, this only can be mentioned, that it was Bonn's division which fired, and thus every one is afforded the opportunity of satisfying themselves respecting the truth, by enquiring of officers serving in the different brigades composing this division.
Seite 224 - To your patriotism, gentlemen, has been confided the honorable duty of guarding the public interests; and while the past is to your country a sure pledge that it will be faithfully discharged, permit me to assure you that your labors to promote the general happiness will receive from me the most zealous cooperation.
Seite 280 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Seite 186 - In this situation it can for the present only remain for His Majesty to pursue, in conjunction with other powers, those exertions of just and defensive war, which his regard to the happiness of his subjects will never permit him either to continue beyond the necessity in which they originated, or to terminate on any other grounds, than such as may best contribute to the secure enjoyment of their tranquillity, their constitution, and their independence (Signed) GRENVILLE.
Seite 290 - for the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts ; and for providing one General Repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said collections ; and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto.
Seite 427 - As the leech, the suckling calf, and the bee, take their natural food by little and little, thus must a king draw from his dominions an annual revenue. 130. Of cattle, of gems, of gold and silver, added each year to the capital stock, a fiftieth part may be taken by the king ; of grain, an eighth part, a sixth, or a twelfth, according to the difference of the soil, and the labour necessary to cultivate it.
Seite 241 - ... of the countries at war, which " should have been acquired by the subjects of the neutral power, and should be transported for " their account, which merchandise cannot be expected in any case from the freedom granted to