FORE:��But they may find the life preserver if it��s still there and get away with the emeralds.��
FORE:Such was the peace abroad and the prosperity of the country at this time, that there occur few events worthy of record. Of those which took place in 1731, the most remarkable was an Act abolishing the use of Latin in all proceedings of the Courts of Justice, and the next the renewal of the charter of the East India Company. If the country was peaceful and prosperous, however, it was neither free from corruption nor from the need of extensive reform. The very system of Walpole which produced such a show of prosperity that an old Scottish Secretary of State asked the Minister what he had done to make the Almighty so much his friend, was built on the most wholesale bribery and corruption. It was, in fact, a purchased domestic peace. In social life the example of the Government produced the like dishonesty. There was a fearful revelation of the proceedings of a charitable corporation for lending small sums of money to the industrious poor at legal interest; and Sir Robert Sutton, the late Ambassador at Paris, was found so deeply implicated in the frauds and extortions practised on those they were employed to benefit, that he was expelled from the House. There was also an inquiry into the state of the public prisons of London, which opened up a most amazing scene of horrors. It was found to be a common practice of the warders to connive at the escape of rich prisoners for a sufficient bribe, and to inflict the most oppressive cruelties on those who were too poor to pay heavy fees.CHAPTER XXIV A PUZZLING DEVELOPMENT
FORE:But that same night he picked two for their reputation of repeating all they knew, and took them into his own rooms and told his story to them. And he met once again with such success that when Landor rode into the post the next day at about guard-mounting, three officers, meeting him, raised their caps and passed on.��And that��s so, too,�� said the mate, advancing and backing up his captain��s declaration.
FORE: Accession of George II.��Characters of the King and Queen��Adroit Tactics of Walpole��Rise and Fall of Compton��Attitude of the Opposition��Congress of Soissons��Causes of Dispute with Spain��Stanhope's successful Negotiations with King Philip��Retirement of Townshend��Walpole Supreme��Peace Abroad and at Home��Walpole's System of Wholesale Bribery and Corruption��The Public Prisons��Duel between Pulteney and Lord Hervey��The Excise Scheme��Great Outcry��Withdrawal of the Bill��Walpole's Vengeance��Attack on the Septennial Act��Wyndham's Speech��Depression of the Opposition��Definitive Peace of Vienna��Gin Act��The Porteous Riots��The Prince of Wales and the Opposition��Application for an Increase of his Allowance��Birth of George III.��Death of Queen Caroline��Attempt to Reduce the Army��Disputes with Spain��"Jenkins' Ear"��Walpole's Negotiations��Secession of the Opposition��Further Difficulties with Spain��Declaration of War��Privateers and Reprisals��Vernon's Victory��Frederick invades Silesia��Assistance of England��Parliament Meets��Sandys' Motion��Walpole's Defence��Disasters of Maria Theresa��She throws herself on the Magyars��Misfortunes of the English Fleets��Vernon Repulsed from Carthagena��Power slips from the Hands of Walpole��His Last Battles��The Chippenham Election Petition��His Fall.
FORE:"What you goin' to do?" the boy asked. He was round-eyed with dismay and astonishment.
FORE:She took it, and they both stood for a time without[Pg 222] speaking. Then she turned her head and looked up at the sunshine. "I think I must go," she whispered. But she did not move.
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FORE:On the 14th of January, 1766, the king opened Parliament with a speech, rendered necessary by the change of Ministry and the affairs of America. A great debate followed, in which Burke made his maiden speech, and was followed by Pitt, who said in his loftiest tone of eloquence: "This kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. On this point I could not be silent, nor repress the ardour of my soul, smote as it is with indignation at the very thought of taxing America internally without a requisite voice of consent. Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. Taxes are the voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. At the same time, on every real point of legislation, I believe the authority to be fixed as the pole-star��fixed for the reciprocal benefit of the mother country and her infant colonies. They are the subjects of this kingdom, equally entitled with yourselves to all the rights of mankind and the peculiar privileges of Englishmen, and equally bound by its laws. The Americans are the sons, not the bastards of England. The distinction between legislation and taxation is essential to liberty. The Crown, the Peers, are equally legislative powers with the Commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the Crown, the Peers, have rights in taxation as well as yourselves��rights which they will claim whenever the principle can be supported by might.""No he ain't."
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