Annual Register, Volume 46Edmund Burke 1805 - History |
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... manner in which lord Hard- wicke administered the government of Ireland . He could not however allow , that it was a complete reason that the Irish people should be satis- fied , because their situation is not yet as bad as that of ...
... manner in which lord Hard- wicke administered the government of Ireland . He could not however allow , that it was a complete reason that the Irish people should be satis- fied , because their situation is not yet as bad as that of ...
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... manner it had been insinuated ; but , on the contrary , had kept up large esta- blishments , and imposed all those taxes which were necessary to sup- port the interest , or the honour of the country . The bill was then read a third time ...
... manner it had been insinuated ; but , on the contrary , had kept up large esta- blishments , and imposed all those taxes which were necessary to sup- port the interest , or the honour of the country . The bill was then read a third time ...
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... manner of granting the exemptions , he submitted to the house , whether it were not better , under the present circumstances , to continue the volunteer system , even with all its necessary defects , than to abandon it , in order to ...
... manner of granting the exemptions , he submitted to the house , whether it were not better , under the present circumstances , to continue the volunteer system , even with all its necessary defects , than to abandon it , in order to ...
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... manner . If the volu teer system was praised , as givin an army of 400,000 men , he shoul say that an armed peasantry woul furnish an army of two millions , tha would require less drilling and b more effective . As to the drillin the ...
... manner . If the volu teer system was praised , as givin an army of 400,000 men , he shoul say that an armed peasantry woul furnish an army of two millions , tha would require less drilling and b more effective . As to the drillin the ...
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... manner as would for ever deter him from renewing the at- tempt . He thought ministers were much to blame , in having prepared so small a peace establishment , and in having made no preparations for the renewal of a war , when , as they ...
... manner as would for ever deter him from renewing the at- tempt . He thought ministers were much to blame , in having prepared so small a peace establishment , and in having made no preparations for the renewal of a war , when , as they ...
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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.