Annual Register, Volume 65Edmund Burke 1824 - History |
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... considered as a most nefarious fraud that has been practised on the nation , and as an act of public robbery ? We hear much about public faith , but it did not , and could not pledge the nation to pay the public credi tors twice as much ...
... considered as a most nefarious fraud that has been practised on the nation , and as an act of public robbery ? We hear much about public faith , but it did not , and could not pledge the nation to pay the public credi tors twice as much ...
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... considered as exceptions , and were to stand on their own peculiar merits . He and his col- leagues viewed the question of Spain as one purely Spanish , and not mixed up with any other . There had been , and he sincerely trusted there ...
... considered as exceptions , and were to stand on their own peculiar merits . He and his col- leagues viewed the question of Spain as one purely Spanish , and not mixed up with any other . There had been , and he sincerely trusted there ...
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... considered that of Russia to be more monstrous , more inso- lent , and more prodigiously beyond all endurance , than the rest . It was difficult to determine which most to wonder at - the marvellous incongruity of her language and ...
... considered that of Russia to be more monstrous , more inso- lent , and more prodigiously beyond all endurance , than the rest . It was difficult to determine which most to wonder at - the marvellous incongruity of her language and ...
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... considered simply as Spain and Portugal , that the allied sovereigns were for marching their hordes into the Peninsula - it was not against freedom on the Ebro , or freedom on the Mincio , that they were making war : no , it was against ...
... considered simply as Spain and Portugal , that the allied sovereigns were for marching their hordes into the Peninsula - it was not against freedom on the Ebro , or freedom on the Mincio , that they were making war : no , it was against ...
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... considered as the measure of our determination to take part in it , when commenced . To France , a formal declaration was made of the course of policy , which we meant manner : - to pursue in a despatch which had 24 ] ANNUAL REGISTER ...
... considered as the measure of our determination to take part in it , when commenced . To France , a formal declaration was made of the course of policy , which we meant manner : - to pursue in a despatch which had 24 ] ANNUAL REGISTER ...
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Page 166 - ... is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
Page 165 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 165 - In the war between those new Governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 157 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 165 - We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Page 64 - Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States.
Page 30 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Page 135 - ... likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion ; how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might, such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless, she silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adequate...
Page 79 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 30 - It never was, however, intended as an union for the government of the world, or for the superintendence of the internal affairs of other states.