Life of William, Earl of Shelburne, Afterwards First Marguess of Lansdowne: 1776-1805Macmillan and Company, 1876 |
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第 307 頁 - I have sacrificed every consideration of my own to the wishes and opinion of my people. I make it my humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God, that Great Britain may not feel the evils which might result from so great a dismemberment of the empire ; and that America may be free from those calamities, which have formerly proved in the mother country how essential monarchy is to the enjoyment of constitutional liberty. — Religion — language — interest — affections may, and I hope will yet...
第 95 頁 - Observations on Civil Liberty and the Justice and Policy of the War with America, which was followed in the same spirit, in 1777, by his Observations on the Nature of Civil Government.
第 272 頁 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
第 22 頁 - I would rather lose the Crown I now wear, than bear the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles.
第 298 頁 - I should be miserable indeed if I did not feel that no blame on that account can be laid at my door, and did I not also know that knavery seems to be so much the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.
第 172 頁 - For this purpose you are to make the most candid and confidential communications upon all subjects to the ministers of our generous ally the King of France, to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge and concurrence and ultimately to govern yourselves by their advice and Opinion...
第 340 頁 - from the moment when he should make any terms with " one of them, he would rest satisfied to be called the most " infamous of mankind : he could not for an instant " think of a coalition with men, who in every public and " private transaction, as Ministers, had shewn themselves "• void of every principle of honour and honesty : in the " hands of such men he would not trust his honour, even "•for a minute*.
第 201 頁 - ... be the smallest room for suspicions of our good faith and sincerity, but that we have no view in it of causing dissensions among the colonies, or even of separating America from France upon terms inconsistent with her own honor. You must therefore convince them, that the great object of this country is, not merely peace, but reconciliation with America on the noblest terms and by the noblest means.
第 249 頁 - Us, to treat, consult of, agree, and conclude with any Commissioner or Commissioners named, or to be named, by the said Colonies or Plantations, or with any Body or Bodies, Corporate or Politic, or any Assembly or Assemblies, or Description of Men, or any Person or Persons whatsoever, a Peace or a Truce with the said Colonies or Plantations, or any of them, or any part or parts thereof...
第 137 頁 - Ministers; others who were behind the scenes knew that the crew of the Whig ship was divided against itself and that the captain was dying. On the 25th of March, Shelburne met Fox going down to the House and told him that Dunning would move an adjournment to allow the final arrangements to be made. Fox curtly replied " that he perceived the Administration was to consist of two parts, one belonging to the King, the other to the public.