The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 39J. Dodsley, 1800 - History |
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... duty to go back to the caufes that had pro- duced thofe addreffes , and to point them out to the council for their ferious confideration . The caufes from which they proceeded were the general alarm and inquietude that had for fome ...
... duty to go back to the caufes that had pro- duced thofe addreffes , and to point them out to the council for their ferious confideration . The caufes from which they proceeded were the general alarm and inquietude that had for fome ...
Page 72
... duty . It is inacceffible to fear , and will never fubmit to menace . " Addrefling himfelf to the coun- cil , " Your committee will not , he faid , humble itself in replying to the calumnies propagated by your enemies . A legiflative ...
... duty . It is inacceffible to fear , and will never fubmit to menace . " Addrefling himfelf to the coun- cil , " Your committee will not , he faid , humble itself in replying to the calumnies propagated by your enemies . A legiflative ...
Page 73
... duty : why were thofe connivances and parti . alities to fome individuals tolerated , the traffic in which was publicly re- ported ? It belonged to the council to require from the directory an ac- conni of thofe abuses . He then ...
... duty : why were thofe connivances and parti . alities to fome individuals tolerated , the traffic in which was publicly re- ported ? It belonged to the council to require from the directory an ac- conni of thofe abuses . He then ...
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... duty , of the prefent to revive it . We are told , that the military force , which is now proposed to be raifed , is only to act in cafe of emergency ; what is that to be ? what are the circumftances in which it may be fuppofed to exift ...
... duty , of the prefent to revive it . We are told , that the military force , which is now proposed to be raifed , is only to act in cafe of emergency ; what is that to be ? what are the circumftances in which it may be fuppofed to exift ...
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... duty of the houfe at this moment ? to cherish the fpirit of freedom in the people of this country : not to repofe a blind and unlimited confidence in the fervants of the crown ; but to be watchful and jealous of the exer- cife of their ...
... duty of the houfe at this moment ? to cherish the fpirit of freedom in the people of this country : not to repofe a blind and unlimited confidence in the fervants of the crown ; but to be watchful and jealous of the exer- cife of their ...
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Page 279 - Congress to prevent the resources of the United States from being converted into the means of annoying our trade, a great evil will be prevented. With the same view, I think it proper to mention that some of our citizens resident abroad have fitted out privateers, and others have voluntarily taken the command, or entered on board of them, and committed spoliations on the commerce of the United States.