The History of the Reign of George III.: To which is Prefixed, A View of the Progressive Improvement of England, in Prosperity and Strength, to the Accession of His Majesty ...E. Littell, 1828 - 23 Seiten |
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... exertions chiefly to military superiority ; but he was impressed with the importance of naval strength to Eng- land : he was as victorious at sea as at land ; and in his reign the fleets of England rode triumphant in the channel ...
... exertions chiefly to military superiority ; but he was impressed with the importance of naval strength to Eng- land : he was as victorious at sea as at land ; and in his reign the fleets of England rode triumphant in the channel ...
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... exertions of these islands , improved by all the sagacity and energy of the national character when employed in the most beneficial direc- tion . But while Henry thus promoted the commerce , navigation , and in- ternal prosperity of his ...
... exertions of these islands , improved by all the sagacity and energy of the national character when employed in the most beneficial direc- tion . But while Henry thus promoted the commerce , navigation , and in- ternal prosperity of his ...
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... exertions were too easily swayed by the impulse of temper and passion . The accumulated possessions of the emperor Charles V. rendered him manifestly superior to Francis ; political security therefore , the principle of English ...
... exertions were too easily swayed by the impulse of temper and passion . The accumulated possessions of the emperor Charles V. rendered him manifestly superior to Francis ; political security therefore , the principle of English ...
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... exertions and naval power , was the great object of the navigation act , the most important and memorable of commercial statutes . This act , and subsequent regulations , originating in the same principle , but comprehending greater ...
... exertions and naval power , was the great object of the navigation act , the most important and memorable of commercial statutes . This act , and subsequent regulations , originating in the same principle , but comprehending greater ...
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... exertions ; talents and erudition sup- ported natural theology , christianity , and the protestant faith ; and from these , inculcated religious and moral duty . In the more pro- found and abstruse studies of mathematics and natural ...
... exertions ; talents and erudition sup- ported natural theology , christianity , and the protestant faith ; and from these , inculcated religious and moral duty . In the more pro- found and abstruse studies of mathematics and natural ...
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Seite 127 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Seite 473 - I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy! Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my Lords, while...
Seite 161 - Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
Seite 469 - An Act for removing all doubts and apprehensions concerning taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain, in any of the colonies, provinces, and plantations in North America, and the West Indies; and for repealing so much of an Act, made in the seventh year of the reign of His present Majesty, as imposes a duty on tea imported from Great Britain into any colony or plantation in America, or relates thereto...
Seite 309 - An act for the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England.
Seite 349 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason and justice tell me I ought to do.
Seite 25 - England, the articles in it merit particular attention, as they unfold the ideas of that age, with respect to the nature of such settlements. Elizabeth authorises him to discover and take possession of all remote and barbarous lands, unoccupied by any Christian prince or people.
Seite 605 - I shall take such measures as shall appear to me to be most conducive to the restoration of harmony between Great Britain and the revolted colonies...
Seite 340 - Every motive, therefore, of justice and of policy, of dignity and of prudence, urges you to allay the ferment in America, by a removal of your troops from Boston, by a repeal of your acts of parliament, and by demonstration of amicable dispositions towards your colonies.
Seite 327 - That your majesty may enjoy every felicity through a long and glorious reign, over loyal and happy subjects, and that your descendants may inherit your prosperity and dominions till time shall be no more, is, and always will be, our sincere and fervent prayer.