Niles' Weekly Register, Volumes 1-75H. Niles, 1811 |
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... peace was sufficiently evident from the settlement of the " affair of the Chesa- A summary sketch of Parliamentary proceedings - peake . " from London papers . Mr Ponsonby observed , " the third topic em- OF AMERICA . - After the pr.nce ...
... peace was sufficiently evident from the settlement of the " affair of the Chesa- A summary sketch of Parliamentary proceedings - peake . " from London papers . Mr Ponsonby observed , " the third topic em- OF AMERICA . - After the pr.nce ...
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... peace and prosperity of this threatened us , while our government obstinately re - province . fused to evade the tempest by timely measures . The glorious contest in which the British empire The Chancellor of the exchequer , in reply ...
... peace and prosperity of this threatened us , while our government obstinately re - province . fused to evade the tempest by timely measures . The glorious contest in which the British empire The Chancellor of the exchequer , in reply ...
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... peace on moderate Blest with an athletic constitution , and having no and honorable terms , which has since taken place . great inclination to sedentary amusements : his The conduct of our prudent and intrepid comman- hours of leisure ...
... peace on moderate Blest with an athletic constitution , and having no and honorable terms , which has since taken place . great inclination to sedentary amusements : his The conduct of our prudent and intrepid comman- hours of leisure ...
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... peace .—— latest enumeration . Messrs . Bacon , M'Kim . Lown - The war between these powers appears to have been des and Widgery declared their opinion in favor carried on without much energy on either side . of the latter mode ; but Mr ...
... peace .—— latest enumeration . Messrs . Bacon , M'Kim . Lown - The war between these powers appears to have been des and Widgery declared their opinion in favor carried on without much energy on either side . of the latter mode ; but Mr ...
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... peace and neu maritime frontier . [ The amendment reduces the trality towards Great Britain ; and in the midst of appropriation from one million to half a million of amicable professions and negotiations on the part dollars . ] of the ...
... peace and neu maritime frontier . [ The amendment reduces the trality towards Great Britain ; and in the midst of appropriation from one million to half a million of amicable professions and negotiations on the part dollars . ] of the ...
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Page 6 - ... unsullied sanctity of their lawn ; upon the learned judges, to interpose the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Page 6 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Page 131 - ... that the rebels should not know that they had a man in their army who could die with so much firmness.
Page 12 - Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only but the whole must fall.
Page 343 - That all supplies to the Crown being free gifts of the people, it is unreasonable and inconsistent with the principles and spirit of the British Constitution, for the people of Great Britain to grant to His Majesty the property of the colonists.
Page 19 - States, and that they have leave to report, by bill or otherwise.
Page 6 - I again call upon your Lordships, and the united powers of the state, to examine it thoroughly and decisively, and to stamp upon it an indelible stigma of the public abhorrence. And I again implore...
Page 6 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.
Page 360 - The United States offer you peace, liberty, and security. Your choice lies between these and war, slavery and destruction. Choose then ; but choose wisely...
Page 343 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body, the parliament of Great Britain.