The Parliamentary Register: Or an Impartial Report of the Debates that Have Occured in the Two Houses of Parliament, Volume 3 |
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... cause , the earl of Wemys against the rev . Mr. Daniel M'Queen . The Lord Chancellor said this was a question of great importance , and one on which he could not satisfactorily form his opinion without due deliberation , and an accu ...
... cause , the earl of Wemys against the rev . Mr. Daniel M'Queen . The Lord Chancellor said this was a question of great importance , and one on which he could not satisfactorily form his opinion without due deliberation , and an accu ...
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... cause of his not executing bis orders ; that it appeared from the log , that an useless delay had taken place in stopping the whole fleet in order to destroy some Turkish ships , when a line - of - battle ship and some small vessels ...
... cause of his not executing bis orders ; that it appeared from the log , that an useless delay had taken place in stopping the whole fleet in order to destroy some Turkish ships , when a line - of - battle ship and some small vessels ...
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... cause of hostility had arisen ; and it had always hitherto been the rule of our conduct , that no orders should be issued for the seizure and deten- tion of such vessels until some cause or supposed cause of hostility had arisen . It ...
... cause of hostility had arisen ; and it had always hitherto been the rule of our conduct , that no orders should be issued for the seizure and deten- tion of such vessels until some cause or supposed cause of hostility had arisen . It ...
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... cause of war or reprizals , and when in pursuit of a peaceable and lawful commerce , there was an unusual accumulation of Danish ships and cargoes in our ports , under the most perfect confidence of security ; and that the said ships ...
... cause of war or reprizals , and when in pursuit of a peaceable and lawful commerce , there was an unusual accumulation of Danish ships and cargoes in our ports , under the most perfect confidence of security ; and that the said ships ...
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... cause . Before he had become a member of the house , his attention had been turned to the subject by different motions for papers which had been made , and he was then anxious that the matter should be thoroughly investigated ; feeling ...
... cause . Before he had become a member of the house , his attention had been turned to the subject by different motions for papers which had been made , and he was then anxious that the matter should be thoroughly investigated ; feeling ...
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Page 322 - Then ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Page 170 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 226 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them?" — King or queen,
Page 226 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 459 - The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for the house...
Page 321 - Arcot and his creditors are not adversaries, but collusive parties, and that the whole transaction is under a false colour and false names. The litigation is not, nor ever has been, between their rapacity and his hoarded riches. No ; it is between him and them combining and confederating on one side, and the public revenues, and the miserable inhabitants of a ruined country, on the other.
Page 322 - When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty and no signature could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind.
Page 629 - His majesty doubts not that in the result the enemy will be convinced of the impolicy of persevering in a system which retorts upon himself, in so much greater proportion, those evils which he endeavours to inflict upon this country.
Page 629 - His Majesty views with the liveliest interest the loyal and determined spirit manifested by the Spanish nation, in resisting the violence and perfidy with which their dearest rights have been assailed.
Page 172 - ... rigorous, though not professedly of the sanguinary kind, that they do all the hurt that can possibly be done in cold blood. But in answer to this it may be observed, (what foreigners who only judge from our statute book are not fully apprized of) that these laws are seldom exerted to their utmost rigor : and indeed, if they were, it would be very difficult to excuse them.