 | History - 1781 - 732 pages
...Parliament ajfembled: The Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of York, Sheweth, THAT this nation hath been engaged for feveral years...that many of our valuable colonies, having actually decUrcd thcmfelves independent, have formed a ftrift confederacy with France and Spain, the dangerous... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 762 pages
...affembled ; The Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of York, Sheweth, THAT this nation hath been engaged for feveral years in a moft expenfive and unfortunate war ; that many, of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themfelves... | |
 | English literature - 1780 - 740 pages
...aflembled, The Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, of the County of York, Sheweth, THAT this nation hath been engaged for feveral years in a moft expenfive and unfortunate war; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themfelves... | |
 | Christopher Wyvill - 1794 - 586 pages
...Parliament aj/embied, The Petition of the Gentlemen^ Clergy, and freeholders of the County of Torkt Sheweth, THAT this nation hath been engaged for feveral years in a moft expenfive and unfortunate war ; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themfelves... | |
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1797 - 424 pages
...Cou nty of Tork, Sheweth, A HAT this nation hath been engaged for feveral years in a mofl expenfive and unfortunate war; that many of our valuable colonies,...actually declared themfelves independent, have formed a flrict confederacy with France and Spain, the dangerous and inveterate enemies of Great Britain ; that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1802 - 508 pages
...ajjembled : The Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of York, Sheweth, THAT this nation hath been engaged for feveral years in a moft expenfive and unfortunate war ; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themfelves... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1814 - 730 pages
...Westminster, setting forth, " That this nation hath been engaged for several years in a most expensive and unfortunate war ; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themselves independent, have formed a «trict confederacy with France and Spain, the dangerous and... | |
 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1815 - 520 pages
...of York, setting forth : " That this nation hath been engaged for several years in a most expensive and unfortunate war ; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themselves independent, have formed a strict confederacy with the ancient enemies of Great Britain... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1841 - 834 pages
...in these strong terms : " That this nation hath been engaged for several years in a most expensive and unfortunate war; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themselves independent, have Formed a strict confederacy with France and Spain, the dangerous and inveterate... | |
 | Duffield William Coller - Essex (England) - 1861 - 660 pages
...the occasion set forth — " That this nation has been engaged for several years in a most expensive and unfortunate war ; that many of our valuable colonies, having actually declared themselves independent, have formed a strict confederacy with France and Spain, the dangerous and inveterate... | |
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Britain; that the consequence of those combined misfortunes hath been, a large addition to the national debt, a heavy accumulation of taxes, a rapid decline of the trade, manufactures... 
