The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803: From which Last-mentioned Epoch it is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled "Hansard's Parliamentary Debates".T.C. Hansard, 1820 - Great Britain |
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... circumstances of the moment did not war , we had amply shown , that our prin- permit us to make the attempt . What ciple was not aggrandizement , but secu- we had not then the power to effect , we rity . Finding , however , that France ...
... circumstances of the moment did not war , we had amply shown , that our prin- permit us to make the attempt . What ciple was not aggrandizement , but secu- we had not then the power to effect , we rity . Finding , however , that France ...
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... circumstances sup- posed , was perfectly rational ; but let us recollect , that those who stand in such circumstances , be they generals or be they nations , are , to all intents and pur- poses , conquered ! I know not what other ...
... circumstances sup- posed , was perfectly rational ; but let us recollect , that those who stand in such circumstances , be they generals or be they nations , are , to all intents and pur- poses , conquered ! I know not what other ...
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... circumstances , is likely to have on the character and esti- mation of the country ; a species of pos- session , which , though neither tangible nor visible , is as much a part of national strength , and has as real a value , as any ...
... circumstances , is likely to have on the character and esti- mation of the country ; a species of pos- session , which , though neither tangible nor visible , is as much a part of national strength , and has as real a value , as any ...
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... circumstances of the ne- gotiation , not less than the treaty result- ing from it , show , in another way , the folly of those hopes , which are founded upon the supposed intentions or charac- ters of the persons with whom it is made ...
... circumstances of the ne- gotiation , not less than the treaty result- ing from it , show , in another way , the folly of those hopes , which are founded upon the supposed intentions or charac- ters of the persons with whom it is made ...
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... circumstances he were many other cogent reasons , in the had doubts . Ceylon was of infinite im- present state of Europe , which justified portance , on account of its harbour ; as them in putting an end to so ruinous a was the Island ...
... circumstances he were many other cogent reasons , in the had doubts . Ceylon was of infinite im- present state of Europe , which justified portance , on account of its harbour ; as them in putting an end to so ruinous a was the Island ...
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Page 177 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say, " To-morrow is Saint Crispian : " Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say, " These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 977 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a Summer's cloud, Without our special wonder? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I owe, When now I think you can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, When mine are blanch'd with fear.
Page 19 - ... excepting, however, the quantity of the said articles which may be necessary for the defence of the ship, and of those who compose the crew ; and all other articles whatever, not enumerated here, shall not be reputed warlike and naval ammunition, nor be subject to...
Page 553 - Majesty, and bring away their effects, as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions...
Page 367 - House has met before that day, or will meet on the day of the issue), issue his warrant to the clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for electing another member in the room of the member whose seat has so become vacant.
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Page 21 - The rules to observe for these damages, and for the case of unfounded detention, as also the principles to follow for the purpose of accelerating the process, shall be the matter of additional articles, which the contracting parties agree to settle between them, and which shall have the same force and validity *as if they -were inserted in the present act. For this effect, their . Imperial and Britannic Majesties mutually engage to put their hand to the...
Page 559 - ... or place. XVII. The ambassadors, ministers, and other agents of the contracting powers, shall enjoy respectively in the states of the said powers, the same rank, privileges, prerogatives, and immunities, which public agents of the same class enjoyed previous to the war.
Page 195 - And, in order to determine what characterizes a blockade, it is agreed that that denomination shall apply only to a port where there is, by the disposition of the Power which blockades it with a naval force, stationary or sufficiently near, an evident danger in entering.
Page 217 - THAT they shall stop and detain all ships laden with goods, the produce of any colony belonging to France, or carrying provisions or other supplies for the use of any such colony, and shall bring the same, with their cargoes, to legal adjudication in our courts of admiralty.