troul

A nd that I might either provide the money that was due to her as my sister, or take time to pay it, according to the circumstances of her engagement; and take from her all apprehensions of con troul, in a case that might anect the happiness of her life These, and brotherly love, were the mo-tives of my enquiry.

Sir Charles Grandison 2006

Even undpr the beft of govem-f ments, he might have been expofed to the attacks of envious demagogues, but the con - troul of eftates would have rendered their efforts powerlefs.

Sketch of democracy 1796

The promife, however, of a blan - ket for himfelf, and a piece of red cloth for her, cafl: the balance in our favour! fo true it is that felf-interell: early affumes the con - troul of our beft and mofl focial affedions.

Travels round the world : in the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1791

Paffing from the civil creating, and the civil ceiTuenting principles of this conftitution, to the national affembly, which is to appear and a£t as fovereign, we fee a body in its conftitution with every poflible power, and no poflible external con - troul.

Reflections on the Revolution in France,: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ... 1790

[end of page #254] troul; and the happiness and prosperity of England should not be left at their mercy.

An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged William Playfair 1791

On this latter point the earl of Shelburne rcmonftrated veiy warmly with his colleagues, urging in forciUe language the fupinenefs, the cowardice, the tij-eachery, the befotted ftupidity of permitting Lfiwis to rob the Corficans of their ina« lienable rights, and to overturn the balance of power by annexing to his dominions an ifland that would give him coniiderable in - fluence in the affiurs of Italy, and a dangerous extenfion of con - troul over the trade of the Mediterranean.

memoirs of the right honourable edmund burke charles m'cormick 1798

Should the Lord Chancellor bring in a bill, fimi - lar to the Eaft India bill, under the plea of ne* ceflRty. to place the Weft India trade under a Board of Dire6lors chofen from the Lords, with a power to nominate governors and commanders for the illands without the participation or con - troul of the other two branches of the Leglfla - ture, would not the Right Honourable Secreta - ries fhake the Senatc-Houfe with the thunder of declamation?

A letter from Common Sense, addressed to the King and people Common Sense 1791

When the weight of waters that roll down in such rivers is so great as to be out of the con - troul of the labour of man, it is attended with great inconve - nience and uncertainty to the farmer, and by rendering pro - perty precarious, becomes one of the greatest hindrances that can be put in the way of improvement; but this is fortunately limited in the basin of the Mississippi, to the lower part of the largest rivers, and even they, like the Nile, may perhaps be brought hereafter under the controul of persevering industry.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

That every living creature should have in its make a strong desire to preserve life, was necessar} \ But in ft - tional minds all natural instincts are to be under the coo - troul of reason; the superior faculty to govern the inferior* •

The Dignity of Human Nature, Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1812

Since it is my duty to make this report, I take the liberty to make another which I did not intend to troul) le j-our Excellency with (at least not untill I re - ported the conclusion oF the whole) \\z\ that on the morning of the first of January, sixty odd soldiers of Digitized by VijOOQIC

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792