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When the Lord Townshend was Minister of State, a brother of his was content to be a City merchant; and at the time that the Earl of Oxford governed Great Britain, a younger brother was no more than a factor in Aleppo, where he chose to live, and where he died. This custom, which begins, however, to be laid aside, appears monstrous to Germans, vainly puffed up with their extraction.
The king was attended by the two secretaries, lords Townshend and Carteret, who were counted able negotiators. The affairs of the continent had begun to take a new turn. The interests and connexions of the different princes were become perplexed and embarrassed; and king George resolved to unravel them by dint of negotiation.
No! not when his shaggy majesty has borne the insults of the tiger and the horse, &c., and the ass comes last, kicks out his only remaining fang, and asks for a blue bridle? Apropos, I will tell you the turn Charles Townshend gave to this fable.
Still the conservative Bland, who said things in a most radical way, was among those most happy to read Governor Fauquier's proclamation of June 9, 1766 announcing Repeal. For the full text of Bland's Inquiry, see Van Schreeven and Scribner, Revolutionary America, I, 27-44. British Politics and the Townshend Act, 1766-1770. The fluid British political situation shifted again in July 1767.
Orders were at the same time dispatched to Townshend and Murray to be in readiness for fording the river. The grenadiers and royal Americans, disregarding their orders, rushed forward, with impetuous valour on the entrenchments of the enemy. They were received with so steady and well supported a fire, that they were thrown into confusion, and compelled to retreat.
Bromley immediately entered; Mr. Townshend followed; Burchel brought up the rear. "My dearest creature, cried Louisa, do not be alarmed. We are come to wish you joy; and seized one of her hands. "Well, but where's the parson? exclaimed Bromley What, has grace been said, the collation served, and the cloth removed? Upon my word, you have been very expeditious, Miss.
The report especially criticized General Sir John Eccles Nixon, the former commander of the British forces in Mesopotamia, who had urged the expedition, in spite of the objection of General Townshend.
"I need not be more particular to you, since I know that my Letter to my Lord Townshend will come into your hands, so shall only now give you the assurances of my being, with great sincerity, "I long exceedingly for a return of my former dispatches to the Secretary's about Methven and Colll Urquhart, and my wife's cousins, Balnamoon and Phinaven. "I must beg yow'll give my humble service to Mr.
After nearly fourteen hours of continuous fighting and marching the troops at last had an opportunity to take a short and much-needed rest. At 5 p. m. a wireless message was received from General Townshend ordering a combined attack on the Turkish lines around Horseshoe Marsh.
Neither in Virginia nor the other colonies did the Townshend protests arouse the passions or unanimity of support generated by the Stamp Act. The lack of strong reaction may have been the result of a number of factors. The Townshend duties applied to goods which were less widely used than those affected by the Stamp Act.
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