Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 3T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... those treaties , the Spaniards claimed Claims of a right , which they continually exercised , of search- ing the British merchant fhips which paffed near their American ports . mitted . From the conclufion of the treaty of 1670 , to ...
... those treaties , the Spaniards claimed Claims of a right , which they continually exercised , of search- ing the British merchant fhips which paffed near their American ports . mitted . From the conclufion of the treaty of 1670 , to ...
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... those who oppofed government , as inclined to the Pretender , and particularly alluded to Shippen . 66 Suppofe Sir , " he said , " we have at present nothing to fear from any foreign enemy , yet it cannot be faid we are in abfolute ...
... those who oppofed government , as inclined to the Pretender , and particularly alluded to Shippen . 66 Suppofe Sir , " he said , " we have at present nothing to fear from any foreign enemy , yet it cannot be faid we are in abfolute ...
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... from the great diftinction which the minifter had laid down between * Chandler .ノ Period VII . between those who promoted the cause of C 2 SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . 19 improper the propofed reduction is, while fuch a Chapter ...
... from the great diftinction which the minifter had laid down between * Chandler .ノ Period VII . between those who promoted the cause of C 2 SIR ROBERT WALPOLE . 19 improper the propofed reduction is, while fuch a Chapter ...
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William Coxe. Period VII . between those who promoted the cause of the 1737 to 1742. Pretender , and those who fupported the protef- Lord Pol- tant fucceffion , and introduced the more narrow distinction of Whig and Tory . He said , " I ...
William Coxe. Period VII . between those who promoted the cause of the 1737 to 1742. Pretender , and those who fupported the protef- Lord Pol- tant fucceffion , and introduced the more narrow distinction of Whig and Tory . He said , " I ...
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... those whom they invidioufly ftyled Tories , while they were directed and actuated by this principle , were in reality Whigs . After making these ob- . fervations , he added , " I am apt to suspect that my honourable friend calls this ...
... those whom they invidioufly ftyled Tories , while they were directed and actuated by this principle , were in reality Whigs . After making these ob- . fervations , he added , " I am apt to suspect that my honourable friend calls this ...
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Page 353 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 356 - I took as much delight in reading as you do ; it would be the means of alleviating many tedious hours in my present retirement. But, to my misfortune, I derive no pleasure from such pursuits.
Page 30 - Minutes, or under any other denomination), or for any printer or publisher of any printed newspaper of any denomination, to presume to insert in the said Letters or papers, or to give therein any account of, the Debates or other proceedings of this House, or any Committee thereof, as well during the recess as the sitting of parliament, and that this House will proceed with the utmost severity against such offenders.
Page 50 - Loffes they have already fuffered, and Security for the Freedom of Navigation for the future ; and to maintain to my People the full Enjoyment of all the Rights to which they are entitled by Treaty, and the Law of Nations.
Page 177 - ... any regard to his own private interest, it was quite indifferent to him, who was in or who was out; and he would give himself no concern in the question.
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Page 276 - The bill is, in my opinion, calculated to make a defence impossible, to deprive innocence of its guard, and to let loose oppression and perjury upon the world. It is a bill to dazzle the wicked with a prospect of security, and to incite them to purchase an indemnity for one crime, by the perpetration of another. It is a bill to confound the notions of right and wrong, to violate the essence of our constitution, and to leave us without any certain security for our properties, or rule for our actions.
Page 196 - ... war. If our attacks upon the enemy were too long delayed, or if they have not been so vigorous or so frequent as they ought to have been, those only are to blame who have for many years been haranguing against standing armies; for, without a sufficient number of regular troops in proportion: to the numbers kept up by our...
Page 60 - January, imported, that within six weeks to be reckoned from the day on which the ratifications were exchanged, two ministers plenipotentiaries should meet at Madrid, to confer, and finally regulate the respective pretensions of the two crowns, with relation to the trade and navigation in America and Europe, and to the limits of Florida and Carolina, as well as...