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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... majority ; after no very long interval receiving the royal assent : and it must be confessed , that in a commercial and financial view it has beyond the most san- guine previous calculation answered its intended purpose . 1 BOOK XXII ...
... majority ; after no very long interval receiving the royal assent : and it must be confessed , that in a commercial and financial view it has beyond the most san- guine previous calculation answered its intended purpose . 1 BOOK XXII ...
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... majority , an address to the king was moved , ex- pressive of the sense felt by the house of the bles-- sings they enjoyed under his auspices , and assur- ing him that they were determined to support in violate the present constitution ...
... majority , an address to the king was moved , ex- pressive of the sense felt by the house of the bles-- sings they enjoyed under his auspices , and assur- ing him that they were determined to support in violate the present constitution ...
Side 45
... majority were distinctly heard . The Ulster volunteers , who had from the commence- ment of the business stood conspicuous in the van , presented on a subsequent occasion an address to their general , the earl of Charlemont , expressing ...
... majority were distinctly heard . The Ulster volunteers , who had from the commence- ment of the business stood conspicuous in the van , presented on a subsequent occasion an address to their general , the earl of Charlemont , expressing ...
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... majority , and the whole system of protecting duties ridiculed and reprobated as futile , visionary , and pernicious . At the failure of this second grand attempt at relief and reform the dis- appointment of the people kindled into rage ...
... majority , and the whole system of protecting duties ridiculed and reprobated as futile , visionary , and pernicious . At the failure of this second grand attempt at relief and reform the dis- appointment of the people kindled into rage ...
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... majority of the house . In the mean time the NATIONAL CONGRESS had continued its sittings almost unregarded . In a brief and final address to the people of Ireland , this assembly observed " that if the abuses of former parliaments did ...
... majority of the house . In the mean time the NATIONAL CONGRESS had continued its sittings almost unregarded . In a brief and final address to the people of Ireland , this assembly observed " that if the abuses of former parliaments did ...
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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...