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... her prosperity ; the conduct of her dis- tinguished statesmen ; and the result of her important transactions ; are all to him matters of the highest interest , interest . He is the annalist of a great Empire iv PREFACE .
... her prosperity ; the conduct of her dis- tinguished statesmen ; and the result of her important transactions ; are all to him matters of the highest interest , interest . He is the annalist of a great Empire iv PREFACE .
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Edmund Burke. interest . He is the annalist of a great Empire , but he is , at the same time , the citizen of a free state , Yet while he claims and exercises that liberty of judgment , speech , and writing , which we consider as the ...
Edmund Burke. interest . He is the annalist of a great Empire , but he is , at the same time , the citizen of a free state , Yet while he claims and exercises that liberty of judgment , speech , and writing , which we consider as the ...
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... empire would pe- rish ! About two years ago , he had found it necessary to tell them , that they had signed the death - war- rant of their country ; and he now thought those forebodings had come near their accomplishment . In the speech ...
... empire would pe- rish ! About two years ago , he had found it necessary to tell them , that they had signed the death - war- rant of their country ; and he now thought those forebodings had come near their accomplishment . In the speech ...
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... empire , ex- cept Botany Bay , or the slave coast , was so small a number of officers required to compose a court - martial , as in Ireland . The impolicy of continuing martial law longer than it was necessary , was this : in the common ...
... empire , ex- cept Botany Bay , or the slave coast , was so small a number of officers required to compose a court - martial , as in Ireland . The impolicy of continuing martial law longer than it was necessary , was this : in the common ...
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... empire , by mak- ing its means more disposeable , and by consolidating its forces . The duke of Montrose approved highly of the spirit and loyalty from which the offer originated , although he generally disapproved of encou- raging this ...
... empire , by mak- ing its means more disposeable , and by consolidating its forces . The duke of Montrose approved highly of the spirit and loyalty from which the offer originated , although he generally disapproved of encou- raging this ...
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Page 104 - ... GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE Hagerman Collection HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE JAMES J. HAGERMAN OF CLASS OF '61 IN THE HANDS OF Professor Charles Kendall Adams. 1883. HA' ) = ..R887 JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON.
Page 882 - On the morning of that day, his attendants, alarmed at the evident symptoms of approaching dissolution, came precipitately to call the friend who has now the melancholy task of recording the mournful event: not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation ; and the only symptom of remaining life, was a small degree of motion in the heart, which after a few seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan.
Page 484 - Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Page 855 - ... society. Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations, and to endanger the peace of our own is so obvious, that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future.