 | 1768 - 478 pages
...gone there the firft governor, to have reconciled the new fubjecls 19 the Englifh, and to have fhewn the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of lawlefs power and defpotifm; but he never did apply for this, or any thing elfe, to lord B—•-.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1772 - 302 pages
...there the firft governor, to. have * have reconciled the new fubje&s to the Englifli, and to have fhewn the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of lawlefs power and defpotifm; but he never did apply for this, or any thing elfe, to Lord Bute. TT has... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1798 - 524 pages
...order, as he expreiTed it, '< to have reconciled the new fubjefts to the Engliih, and to have ihewn the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of lawléfs power and defpotifm ;"* but in this application, perhaps unfortunately for the world, he was... | |
 | English literature - 1798 - 554 pages
...in order, as he exprelled it, "to have reconciled the ncw-,ubjefts to the Engliih, and to have Ihewn the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of law. lels power and delpotifm ;" * but in this application, perhaps unfortunately for tjie world, be... | |
 | William Granger - Characters and characteristics - 1807 - 538 pages
...in order, as he exprefled it, " to have reconciled the new fubje&s to the Englifh, and to have fhewn the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of lawlefs power and deipotifm * ;" but in this application, perhaps unfortunately for the world, he was... | |
 | John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1805 - 314 pages
...413. This was the only attempt ! that Mr. Wilkes ever made to gain an audience of lord to have gotoe to Quebec the first governor : to' have reconciled...excellent qualifications for that important post. ..j ' '••'• Upon a subsequent vacancy in the embassy to Constantinople, Mr. Wilkcs made a second... | |
 | English periodicals - 1887 - 642 pages
...was " to have reconciled the new subjects to the English, and to have shown the French the advantage of the mild rule of laws over that of lawless power and despotism." 3 Wilkes attributed both failures to the Earl of Bute, now Secretary of State, and anxious to bestow... | |
 | Sir William Purdie Treloar (bart.) - London (England) - 1917 - 370 pages
...to Quebec the first Governor, to have reconciled the new subjects to the English, and to have shown the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of lawless power and despotism," makes one regret that he missed such a sterling opportunity of essaying his abilities as a ruler. There... | |
 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor - England - 1925 - 286 pages
...Quebec the first Governor : to have reconciled the new subjects to the English ; and to have shown the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws over that of lawless power and despotism." 1 It is one of the might-have-beens of history, and an interesting speculation could be entered upon... | |
 | Peter D. G. Thomas - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 302 pages
...to Quebec the first governor; to have reconciled the new subjects to the English; and to have shown the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws, over that of lawless power and despotism.'60 When the actual appointment came to be made early in 1763 Lord Bute was Prime Minister,... | |
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that his ambition was, to have gone to Quebec the first governor: to have reconciled the new subjects to the English ; and to have shewn the French the advantages of the mild rule of laws, over that of lawless power and despotism :"* and there is no... 
