The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George the Second, Volume 4

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F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Otridge; J. Nunn; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. and A. Arch; J. Richardson; J. M. Richardson; J. Cuthell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cadell and Davies; J. Booker; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; G. and W.B. Whittaker; W. Button and Son; J. Black and Son; J. Asperne; R. Fenner; Rodwell and Martin; R. Suanders; Edwards and Knibb; and B. Reynolds, 1819 - Great Britain
 

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Page 311 - Peel of the same day, are of opinion that, for the purpose of giving to the administration that character of efficiency and stability, and those marks of the constitutional support of the crown, which are required to enable it to act usefully...
Page 301 - I cannot conclude without expressing the gratification I should feel, if some of those persons, with whom the early habits of my public life were formed, would strengthen my hands, and constitute a part of my government.
Page 35 - You cannot look at the map of Europe, and lay your hand upon that country against which France has not either declared an open and aggressive war, or violated some positive treaty, or broken some recognized principle of the law of nations.
Page 243 - ... prejudicial to my honour and character ; but if, upon such testimony as has been adduced against me, the House of Commons can think my innocence questionable, I claim of their justice that I shall not be condemned without trial, or be deprived of the benefit and protection which is afforded to every British subject, by those sanctions under which alone evidence is received in the ordinary administration of the law...
Page 162 - The order of sailing was to be the order of battle : the fleet in two lines, with an advanced squadron of eight of the fastest sailing two-deckers. The second in command, having the entire direction of his line, was to break through the enemy, about the twelfth ship from their rear : he would lead through the centre, and the advanced squadron was to cut off three...
Page 126 - ... to execute as becomes me, the great trust committed to my charge. " Embarked with my brave and loyal people in one common cause, it is my fixed determination, if the occasion should arise, to share their exertions and their dangers, in the defence of our constitution, our religion, our laws, and independence.
Page 34 - I maintain, on the contrary, that an opportunity was given for discussing every matter in dispute between France and Great Britain as fully as if a regular and accredited French minister had been resident here; that the causes of war which existed at the beginning, or arose during the course of this discussion, were such as would have justified, twenty times over, a declaration of war on the part of this country ; that all the explanations on the part of France were evidently unsatisfactory and inadmissible,...
Page 357 - Europe afford no example of victories more splendid and decisive than those which have been recently achieved in Saxony. Whilst the perseverance and gallantry displayed by the allied forces of every description engaged in this conflict have exalted...
Page 297 - Their's has greatly exceeded it. In the action of the 26th, the numbers killed were immense, but it has been impossible to form any accurate statement of the amount. About...
Page 280 - ... the irresistible impulse of filial duty and affection to his beloved and afflicted father, leads him to dread that any act of the Regent might, in the smallest degree, have the effect of interfering with the progress of his Sovereign's recovery. This consideration alone dictates the decision now communicated to Mr. Perceval.

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