History of the eighteenth century and of the nineteenth till the overthrow of the French empire, tr., with a preface and notes, by D. Davison, Bind 5 |
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Side 45
... Franklin . The whole democratic movement which appeared to threaten En- gland with a revolution from 1764 till 1782 remained indeed apparently without any results , because Pitt came to the helm of affairs in 1784 , and Burke afterwards ...
... Franklin . The whole democratic movement which appeared to threaten En- gland with a revolution from 1764 till 1782 remained indeed apparently without any results , because Pitt came to the helm of affairs in 1784 , and Burke afterwards ...
Side 58
... Franklin's Autobiography ; they wished however to make a voluntary offering , Grenville to establish the right of taxation . See Part 2 . pp . 270 to 316 , of The Works of Benjamin Franklin , containing several Historical and Political ...
... Franklin's Autobiography ; they wished however to make a voluntary offering , Grenville to establish the right of taxation . See Part 2 . pp . 270 to 316 , of The Works of Benjamin Franklin , containing several Historical and Political ...
Side 59
... Franklin , who was in London as agent of Pennsylvania at the time in which the ministry was assailed on all sides by ad- dresses and petitions to repeal the stamp act . The case was so managed that Franklin was called to the bar of ...
... Franklin , who was in London as agent of Pennsylvania at the time in which the ministry was assailed on all sides by ad- dresses and petitions to repeal the stamp act . The case was so managed that Franklin was called to the bar of ...
Side 60
... Franklin became an active member of the legislature of Pennsylvania , and founded printing establishments in the provinces by means of persons whom he supported with money , and with whom he shared the profits . In the period between ...
... Franklin became an active member of the legislature of Pennsylvania , and founded printing establishments in the provinces by means of persons whom he supported with money , and with whom he shared the profits . In the period between ...
Side 61
... Franklin consequently must appear impartial to the English ; he held all the threads in his hand . The importance which Franklin had gained in the minds of all parties , and even with the English government during his first sojourn in ...
... Franklin consequently must appear impartial to the English ; he held all the threads in his hand . The importance which Franklin had gained in the minds of all parties , and even with the English government during his first sojourn in ...
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Side 299 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Side 60 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone.
Side 200 - A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some to be set in the lids of snuffboxes, and some so small as to be worn in rings ; and the numbers sold are incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints, (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere,) have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon...
Side 314 - His Majesty allowed Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy ; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger and more to the purpose.
Side 299 - For this purpose you are to make the most candid and confidential communications upon all subjects to the ministers of our generous ally the King of France, to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge and concurrence and ultimately to govern yourselves by their advice and Opinion...
Side 308 - An Act for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Side 75 - ... living, reduced to this conclusion, that instead of the arbitrary power of a king, we must submit to the arbitrary power of a house of commons?
Side 73 - They will either conelude that our distresses were imaginary, or that we had the good fortune to be governed by men of acknowledged integrity and wisdom: they will not believe it possible that their ancestors could have survived, or recovered from so desperate a condition, while a Duke of Grafton was Prime Minister...
Side 94 - The Lords of the Committee do agree humbly to report, as their opinion, to your Majesty, that the said petition is founded upon resolutions formed upon false and erroneous allegations; and that the same is groundless, vexatious, and scandalous; and calculated only for the seditious purposes of keeping up a spirit of clamor and discontent in the said province.
Side 77 - Under the same secret and malign influence, which, through each successive administration, has defeated every good, and suggested every bad, intention, the majority of the House of Commons have deprived your people of their dearest rights. They have done a deed more ruinous in its consequences than the levying of ship-money by Charles the First, or the dispensing power assumed by James the Second.