Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 4William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... causes of it have been able to make me shake it off - indeed , it is in a great degree produced by that very dis ... cause people trust to the " Little Ditch , " ( to use a common expression , ) that surrounds us ; to our Wooden ...
... causes of it have been able to make me shake it off - indeed , it is in a great degree produced by that very dis ... cause people trust to the " Little Ditch , " ( to use a common expression , ) that surrounds us ; to our Wooden ...
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William Cobbett. his standard and return under his banners to assert his cause , and wreak their vengeance on the Corsican , than to expose themselves to destruction by assisting an iniquitous and unjust cause.These , I doubt not , would ...
William Cobbett. his standard and return under his banners to assert his cause , and wreak their vengeance on the Corsican , than to expose themselves to destruction by assisting an iniquitous and unjust cause.These , I doubt not , would ...
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... causes from whence it began . There was no single specific cause ; nothing that could be named and hence it is that the French have all along had the better of the argument . We began the war , we refused to give up Malta ; these are ...
... causes from whence it began . There was no single specific cause ; nothing that could be named and hence it is that the French have all along had the better of the argument . We began the war , we refused to give up Malta ; these are ...
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... cause , under a great disadvantage : gold " and silver passeth away ; but the strength " and fortitude of poverty nothing can de- " stroy . The Romans were ambitious from pride , the Carthaginians from avarice ; " the one wished to ...
... cause , under a great disadvantage : gold " and silver passeth away ; but the strength " and fortitude of poverty nothing can de- " stroy . The Romans were ambitious from pride , the Carthaginians from avarice ; " the one wished to ...
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... cause of our present degradation ; and that , as frequently it oc- curs in bodily complaints , that the more a particular diet or habit impairs the health , the more the patient becomes addicted to that habit ; so with us , the lower ...
... cause of our present degradation ; and that , as frequently it oc- curs in bodily complaints , that the more a particular diet or habit impairs the health , the more the patient becomes addicted to that habit ; so with us , the lower ...
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Page 879 - THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion, mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th...
Page 491 - ... come tell us your reason; What sayest thou to this ? Poins. Come, your reason, Jack, your reason. Fal. What, upon compulsion? No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 877 - The United States promise to execute Such treaties and articles as may have been agreed between Spain and the tribes and nations of Indians until by mutual consent of the United States and the said tribes or nations other Suitable articles Shall have been agreed upon.
Page 877 - ... that the French ships coming directly from France or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of France or her said colonies, and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the...
Page 879 - Shall be exchanged in the Space of Six months after the date of the Signature by the Ministers Plenipotentiary or Sooner if possible. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have Signed these articles in the French and English languages; declaring nevertheless that the present Treaty was originally agreed to in the French language; and have thereunto affixed their Seals.
Page 879 - ... present treaty; and it shall be ratified in the same form and in the same time, so that the one shall not be ratified distinct from the other. Another particular convention, signed at the same date as the present treaty, relative to a definitive rule between the contracting parties is, in the like manner, approved, and will be ratified in the same form and in the same time, and jointly.
Page 881 - September, 1800), shall be paid according to the following regulations, with interest at six per cent, to commence from the periods when the accounts and vouchers were presented to the French Government.
Page 881 - September, 1800), the payment of which has been heretofore claimed of the actual Government of France, and for which the creditors have a right to the protection of the United States ; the said fifth article does not comprehend prizes whose condemnation has been or shall...
Page 389 - They offer us their protection : yes; such protection as vultures give to lambs — covering and devouring them ! They call on us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise. Be our plain answer this : — The throne we honour is the people's choice; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers...
Page 885 - Congress in reviewing their resources will find means to meet the intermediate interest of this additional debt without recurring to new taxes, and applying to this object only the ordinary progression of our revenue; its extraordinary increase in times of foreign war will be the proper and sufficient fund for any measures of safety or precaution which that state of things may render necessary in our neutral position.