A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1882 - Great Britain |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 13
... wrote , illustrates not unhappily the microscopic attention which he paid to every detail of public business , and which was the more admirable because his natural tendency was towards sloth . In matters that were not connected with his ...
... wrote , illustrates not unhappily the microscopic attention which he paid to every detail of public business , and which was the more admirable because his natural tendency was towards sloth . In matters that were not connected with his ...
Page 34
... wrote to Hardwicke : The King seemed so provoked and so weary that his Ma- jesty was inclined to put an end at ali events to the uncertainty about Mr. Pitt . ' Sept. 26 , he writes : " The King seems every day more offended with Mr ...
... wrote to Hardwicke : The King seemed so provoked and so weary that his Ma- jesty was inclined to put an end at ali events to the uncertainty about Mr. Pitt . ' Sept. 26 , he writes : " The King seems every day more offended with Mr ...
Page 36
... wrote in answer to the congratula- tions of Lord Melcombe , my situation , at all times perilous , is become much more so , for I am no stranger to the language held in this great city ; " our darling's resignation is owing to Lord Bute ...
... wrote in answer to the congratula- tions of Lord Melcombe , my situation , at all times perilous , is become much more so , for I am no stranger to the language held in this great city ; " our darling's resignation is owing to Lord Bute ...
Page 37
... wrote at the same time : Oh that foolishest of great men , that sold his inestimable diamond for a paltry peerage and pension ! The very night it happened was I swearing it was a d - d lie and never would be ; but it was for want of ...
... wrote at the same time : Oh that foolishest of great men , that sold his inestimable diamond for a paltry peerage and pension ! The very night it happened was I swearing it was a d - d lie and never would be ; but it was for want of ...
Page 38
... wrote Wal- pole , Sept. 9 , 1761 , ' would be mobbed if he talked of anything but clothes and diamonds and bridesmaids .'- Walpole to Mann . 2 This was Shelburne's own ex- pression . See Fitzmaurice's Life of Shelburne , i . 120 . See ...
... wrote Wal- pole , Sept. 9 , 1761 , ' would be mobbed if he talked of anything but clothes and diamonds and bridesmaids .'- Walpole to Mann . 2 This was Shelburne's own ex- pression . See Fitzmaurice's Life of Shelburne , i . 120 . See ...
Contents
87 | |
95 | |
123 | |
128 | |
129 | |
135 | |
141 | |
150 | |
151 | |
156 | |
161 | |
163 | |
169 | |
170 | |
191 | |
204 | |
205 | |
211 | |
218 | |
225 | |
231 | |
234 | |
241 | |
246 | |
306 | |
307 | |
314 | |
324 | |
332 | |
350 | |
375 | |
398 | |
405 | |
412 | |
423 | |
424 | |
438 | |
461 | |
472 | |
479 | |
492 | |
503 | |
523 | |
524 | |
533 | |
539 | |
545 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Act of Parliament Adams American Annual Register appears army Assembly Bedford Boston British Burke Burke's Bute character Charles Townshend Chatham Correspondence chief colonies colonists Constitution corruption Court Crown debate declared defended Duke Duke of Bedford duty election England English favour Francis French George Grenville Government Governor Grafton Grenville Papers Hist honour Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords Ibid important impossible Indians influence Junius jury King King's legislative letter libel liberty Lord Mansfield Lord North Mansfield Massachusetts measures ment military ministers ministry nation never North Briton opinion opposition Parl Parliament parliamentary party peace Peace of Paris Pitt political politicians popular principles province question refused repeal representative resignation resistance revenue Revolution riots Rockingham Shelburne soldiers speech spirit Stamp Act statesman taxation tion Tory trade troops violent voted Walpole Walpole's George Whig whole Wilkes wrote
Popular passages
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,...
Page 393 - I can take upon me to assure you, notwithstanding insinuations to the contrary from men with factious and seditious views, that his Majesty's present administration have at no time entertained a design to propose to Parliament to lay any further taxes upon America for the purpose of raising a revenue...