Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Bind 4G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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Side 27
... duties paid by the East - India Com- pany on the importation of TEA , which was af- firmed to be the grand medium of the smuggling traffic ; and the consequent imposition of a new duty on windows , already most grievously bur- dened ...
... duties paid by the East - India Com- pany on the importation of TEA , which was af- firmed to be the grand medium of the smuggling traffic ; and the consequent imposition of a new duty on windows , already most grievously bur- dened ...
Side 28
... duty on tea more than compensating in such situ- ations for the addition of the new tax , this mea- sure was applauded as a happy stroke of finance . A vigorous but unavailing opposition to the bill was nevertheless made by Mr. Fox ...
... duty on tea more than compensating in such situ- ations for the addition of the new tax , this mea- sure was applauded as a happy stroke of finance . A vigorous but unavailing opposition to the bill was nevertheless made by Mr. Fox ...
Side 29
... duties on spirituous liquors , to impose an- other tax upon windows , and assign as a reason , that all men may be presumed or expected to drink rum and brandy in their own houses ? The obligations of this kingdom to the East - India ...
... duties on spirituous liquors , to impose an- other tax upon windows , and assign as a reason , that all men may be presumed or expected to drink rum and brandy in their own houses ? The obligations of this kingdom to the East - India ...
Side 41
... duty and loyalty , claiming the merits of their past exertions , and imploring the king that their humble wish to have certain manifest perversions of the parlia- mentary representation of that kingdom remedied by the legislature in ...
... duty and loyalty , claiming the merits of their past exertions , and imploring the king that their humble wish to have certain manifest perversions of the parlia- mentary representation of that kingdom remedied by the legislature in ...
Side 46
... duties amounting nearly to a prohibi- tion were imposed upon the produce or manufac- tures of Ireland , with ONE very important excep- tion , that of LINEN , on the importation into Eng- land . The general voice of the people of Ireland ...
... duties amounting nearly to a prohibi- tion were imposed upon the produce or manufac- tures of Ireland , with ONE very important excep- tion , that of LINEN , on the importation into Eng- land . The general voice of the people of Ireland ...
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Almindelige termer og sætninger
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Populære passager
Side 342 - ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate, yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the peoples supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Side 339 - is almost the only lawful king in the world, because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people.
Side 348 - When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy: neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am the friend of its happiness: when these things can be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and its government.
Side 293 - I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it. I have lived to see thirty millions of people indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible voice, their king led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects.
Side 217 - ... which seated the house of Brunswick on the throne of Great Britain, ever to assume or exercise any power, be his claim what it might, not derived from the will of the people, expressed by their representatives and their lordships in parliament assembled.
Side 290 - No man ought to be molested on account of his opinions, not even on account of his religious opinions, provided his avowal of them does not disturb the public order established by the law.
Side 290 - No man should be accused, arrested, or held in confinement, except in cases determined by the law, and according to the forms which it has prescribed.
Side 92 - He had made it an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry as well as logic. There were certain detached data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casemates.
Side 293 - Be encouraged, all ye friends of freedom, and writers in its defence! The times are auspicious. Your labours have not been in vain. Behold kingdoms, admonished by you, starting from sleep, breaking their fetters, and claiming justice from their oppressors! Behold the light you have struck out, after setting America free, reflected in France, and there kindled into a blaze that lays despotism in ashes, and warms and illuminates Europe!
Side 490 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils: for time is the greatest innovator...