A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... military establishments below what is necessary for the security of the nation . Bitter factions , pro- foundly detrimental to the well - being of the community , are inevitably formed among the great families who are competing to raise ...
... military establishments below what is necessary for the security of the nation . Bitter factions , pro- foundly detrimental to the well - being of the community , are inevitably formed among the great families who are competing to raise ...
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... military adventures to divert to foreign channels the passions that are dangerous at home ; an administration , both civil and military , deeply tainted with corruption ; a great empire invaded , humiliated and dismembered , and finally ...
... military adventures to divert to foreign channels the passions that are dangerous at home ; an administration , both civil and military , deeply tainted with corruption ; a great empire invaded , humiliated and dismembered , and finally ...
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... Military preparations were pressed on without disguise . The alliance between France and Spain was 2 Mr. Pitt himself , ' wrote Wal- pole , Sept. 9 , 1761 , ' would be mobbed if he talked of anything but clothes and diamonds and ...
... Military preparations were pressed on without disguise . The alliance between France and Spain was 2 Mr. Pitt himself , ' wrote Wal- pole , Sept. 9 , 1761 , ' would be mobbed if he talked of anything but clothes and diamonds and ...
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... military and naval service , the spirit of emulation and enterprise he had breathed into them , the discernment with which he had selected the commanders for the most arduous posts , were all still felt , and victory after victory ...
... military and naval service , the spirit of emulation and enterprise he had breathed into them , the discernment with which he had selected the commanders for the most arduous posts , were all still felt , and victory after victory ...
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... military post for the protection of the neighbouring is- lands1 and its conquest , which was one of the most arduous and brilliant enterprises of the war , seemed a needless sacrifice of blood and treasure if this rich island was to be ...
... military post for the protection of the neighbouring is- lands1 and its conquest , which was one of the most arduous and brilliant enterprises of the war , seemed a needless sacrifice of blood and treasure if this rich island was to be ...
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Page 338 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 337 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Page 203 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole — where not local purposes, not local prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol,...
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