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... present moment exhibited the astonishing spectacle of a country , which , at the end of fifteen years war with a most powerful antagonist , had gained every thing , and lost no . thing . Every where we had in flicted blows on our enemy ...
... present moment exhibited the astonishing spectacle of a country , which , at the end of fifteen years war with a most powerful antagonist , had gained every thing , and lost no . thing . Every where we had in flicted blows on our enemy ...
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... present when this question was last before the house ; had he been present , it should then , as now , have had his de- cided opposition , and for this single reason , that he thought it an un- justifiable intrenchment on the pre ...
... present when this question was last before the house ; had he been present , it should then , as now , have had his de- cided opposition , and for this single reason , that he thought it an un- justifiable intrenchment on the pre ...
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... present had been brought into par- liament , a right honourable gentle . man had said , that in his opinion it was a matter of very great indiffe rence , whether it passed or not : that on one hand it was no invasion of the king's ...
... present had been brought into par- liament , a right honourable gentle . man had said , that in his opinion it was a matter of very great indiffe rence , whether it passed or not : that on one hand it was no invasion of the king's ...
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... present ministers had in the case of Copenhagen . The success of the present ministers consisted in doing what was improper to be done at all , and what night as well have been done at any time since the commencement of the war . The ...
... present ministers had in the case of Copenhagen . The success of the present ministers consisted in doing what was improper to be done at all , and what night as well have been done at any time since the commencement of the war . The ...
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... present ministers could not defend themselves , for the measures which they had adopt- ed in the way of retaliation , aid not violate every principle and recog- nised forms of the law of nations , as the present ministers had done ...
... present ministers could not defend themselves , for the measures which they had adopt- ed in the way of retaliation , aid not violate every principle and recog- nised forms of the law of nations , as the present ministers had done ...
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Page 144 - A common council, holden in the chamber of the Guildhall of the city of London, on Thursday, the 27th day of October, 1808, Resolved, That his majesty's answer be entered upon the journals.
Page 255 - Shall the revenue be reduced ? Or shall it not rather be appropriated to the improvements of roads, canals, rivers, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union, under the powers which Congress may already possess, or such amendment of the constitution as may be approved by the states...
Page 2 - That I should lay down my charge at a proper period is as much a duty as to have borne it faithfully. If some termination to the services of the Chief Magistrate be not fixed by the Constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for years, will in fact become for life ; and history shows how easily that degenerates into an inheritance.
Page 199 - Will you. to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 209 - Napoleon, by the grace of God and the constitution, emperor of the French, king of Italy, and protector of the confederation of the Rhine...
Page 250 - ... rights of neutrals only, and as the measure had been assumed by each as a retaliation for an asserted acquiescence in the aggressions of the other...
Page 208 - November last, by which vessels belonging to neutral, friendly, or even powers the allies of England, are...
Page 251 - Under a continuance of the belligerent measures which, in defiance of laws which consecrate the rights of neutrals, overspread the ocean with danger, it will rest with the wisdom of Congress to decide on the course best adapted to such a state of things; and bringing with them, as they do, from every part of the Union the sentiments of our constituents...
Page 178 - These measures, which are resorted to only in just retaliation of the barbarous system adopted by England, which assimilates its legislation to that of Algiers, shall cease to have any effect with respect to all nations who shall have the firmness to compel the English government to respect their flag.
Page 117 - All the places and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by the French troops, shall be delivered up to the British army, in the state in which they are at the period of the signature of the present Convention.