 | 1799 - 614 sider
...that can keep the millions in subjection to a few lords in ermine. On the formation of the Society of the Friends- of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a parliamentary reform, which also happened in 1792, Major C. became a member; and that he was not either... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1813 - 600 sider
...supported in .it by several members, who were usually hostile to his administration. At a general meeting of the FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the purpose of obtaining a parliamentary reform, April 26th, after approving of and adopting unanimously, an address to the people... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - 1816 - 418 sider
...Earl of Oxford has declined. •i . OF THE HEPRESENTATION Of SCOTLAND. THE Report of the Committee of the Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a reform of Parliament, contains such a correct and simple statement of the origin and present state of the... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 452 sider
...201 h April, 1792. At a General Meeting of the Society established on the llth iust, under the title of THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, William Henry Lanibton, Esq. in the Chair, .Received a report from the committee... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1817 - 438 sider
...supported in it by several members, who were usually hostile to his administration.* * At a general meeting of the FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the purpose of obtaining a parliamentary reform, April 26th, after approving of and adopting unanimously, an address to the people... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 sider
...in Parliament^ Mr. Grey then presented the following Petition, signed by the members of the society of The Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform: To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled. The... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 758 sider
...Freemason's Tavern, Saturday, May 25, 1793. AT an extraordinary and numerous Meeting of the Society of the Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, held this day, EB CLIVE, esq. in the chair, Resolved, That the following address... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 sider
...petitioners, with singular clearness and force, and expressed in admirable language. It was presented by a Noble Person, now one of the chief lights of...propositions are laid down as the basis of a reform, \\lucb, to my recollection, have never yet been disclaimed, either on the part of the petitioners,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 938 sider
...men, some of the ornaments of this and the other House of Parliament, how faint and flat is the noble mover's present plan in comparison with them ? Let...a Reform in Parliament." In that petition, certain dietine! propositions are laid down as the basis of a reform, which, to my recollection, have never... | |
 | John Cartwright - 1826 - 462 sider
...hazarded without a foresight of consequences. No. VII. Vol. I., page 191. REGULATIONS of the Society of THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the Purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform. I. Resolved, That the title of this society be, " THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE,... | |
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Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Reform in Parliament. 
