The Monitor, Or, The British Freeholder, 101–200. numberJ. Scott, 1757 |
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Page 614
... America , and our commerce up the Mediterranean was in danger of being totally destroyed by the lofs of Minorca ; would be fufficient to roufe up all that is British in in us . It would inftantly put us in mind 614 THE MONITOR .
... America , and our commerce up the Mediterranean was in danger of being totally destroyed by the lofs of Minorca ; would be fufficient to roufe up all that is British in in us . It would inftantly put us in mind 614 THE MONITOR .
Page 618
... America , fays he , have been my conftant care ; and " next to the fecurity of my kingdoms they fhall continue to " be my great and principal object . " - As to the fupply , he is pleased to affure us , that it shall be applied only to ...
... America , fays he , have been my conftant care ; and " next to the fecurity of my kingdoms they fhall continue to " be my great and principal object . " - As to the fupply , he is pleased to affure us , that it shall be applied only to ...
Page 620
... America , applied our treasure to the ufes of German councils , and loft Minorca . How inconfiftent with truth is the infinuation of my accufing a virtuous man of perfidy and immorality ? the furious decla- mation , which , he fays ...
... America , applied our treasure to the ufes of German councils , and loft Minorca . How inconfiftent with truth is the infinuation of my accufing a virtuous man of perfidy and immorality ? the furious decla- mation , which , he fays ...
Page 635
... America , must be neglected , and our ruin must be foon com- pleated . TRUE Wisdom and courage is not to fet up windmills in order to knock them down again , and to involve ourselves in a new expence and danger , where our own intereft ...
... America , must be neglected , and our ruin must be foon com- pleated . TRUE Wisdom and courage is not to fet up windmills in order to knock them down again , and to involve ourselves in a new expence and danger , where our own intereft ...
Page 653
... America and difable them from ever more attempting to make conquests or encroachments on our trade and plantations ? does not the respect which so suddenly has been shewn to the British flag at Leghorn and Genoa , and the extraordinary ...
... America and difable them from ever more attempting to make conquests or encroachments on our trade and plantations ? does not the respect which so suddenly has been shewn to the British flag at Leghorn and Genoa , and the extraordinary ...
Common terms and phrases
ACT of PARLIAMENT adminiſtration affift againſt allies amongſt army becauſe beſt Black Swan Britain Britiſh Freeholder POST cafe caufe cauſe coaft command commerce confequences confideration conftitution continued every SATURDAY councils defence deftruction deſtroy diſcovered dominions Dutch enemy England eſtabliſhed expence expofed fafety fame favour fecurity fervice fhall fhew fhips fhould filk firſt fleet fome foon force fovereign fpirit France Freeholder POST paid French ftate ftrength fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fupplies fupport greateſt Habeas Corpus himſelf honour houſe increaſe intereft iſland juſtice king laws Letters directed liberty meaſures minifter miniftry MINORCA moft Monitor or Britiſh moſt muſt nation navigation neceffary never NUMBER occafion parliament peace perfon prefent prefervation Price Two Pence prince Proteftant Pruffia publiſhed puniſhment purſue raiſed reaſon refolution reprefentatives ruin ſchemes ſhall ſtanding ſtate ſuch Swan in Pater-nofter-Row thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe trade treaſure treaty uſe whofe whoſe wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 615 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England, without the consent of parliament.
Page 745 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Page 1062 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Page 746 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...
Page 854 - Selden, at a conference with the lords, explained the mode of procedure ;i — that the writ of habeas corpus is the highest remedy for him that is imprisoned by the special command of the king, or the lords of the privy council, without showing the cause of commitment ; and if any man be imprisoned, by that or any other authority, this writ is to be granted to him, and ought not to be denied. It is directed to the keeper of the prison, in whose custody the prisoner is, commanding him that, after...
Page 897 - Also in such case where the inquest may give their verdict at large, if they will take upon them the knowledge of the law upon the matter, they may give their verdict generally as it is put in their charge...
Page 854 - Corpus for the purpose in the Court of King's Bench, the writ is to be granted to him, and ought not to be denied him, no...
Page 1147 - The offspring of an hohefl bed ; — Here, Senegal, hold up your head : This tawny boy, his parents* boaft, Shall bring us gold from Afric's coaft.
Page 775 - Wo unto them that make a man an offender * for a word, and lay a fnare for him that reproves in ' the gate, and turn afide the juft for a thing of nought.
Page 1147 - Louifbourg, and that Du Quefne : Their bold and honeft looks prefage They'll be our comfort in old age. And if the babe that fwells my womb, To a propitious birth...