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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... former night by two to one . This , however , he could say , that he thought the question entirely distinct , and separate from any party consideration , and that it had been decided both by the private committee , and by the committee ...
... former night by two to one . This , however , he could say , that he thought the question entirely distinct , and separate from any party consideration , and that it had been decided both by the private committee , and by the committee ...
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... former house of commons , should be considered as having been set finally at rest . Sir Francis Burdett was not shaken but confirmed in his conviction of the justice of Mr. Palmer's claim , by the debate of this evening . He confessed ...
... former house of commons , should be considered as having been set finally at rest . Sir Francis Burdett was not shaken but confirmed in his conviction of the justice of Mr. Palmer's claim , by the debate of this evening . He confessed ...
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... former occasion , that the proceeds of the whole of these vessels amounted to near 2,000,000l . He merely now wish- ed to observe , that he did not make that statement upon light grounds . The proceeds of 53 of these vessels had ...
... former occasion , that the proceeds of the whole of these vessels amounted to near 2,000,000l . He merely now wish- ed to observe , that he did not make that statement upon light grounds . The proceeds of 53 of these vessels had ...
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... former to all courts of admiralty . He lamented that a dis- position had lately been shewn to depart from those prin- ciples of justice which had hitherto characterised the con- duct of this country , in order , as it had been alleged ...
... former to all courts of admiralty . He lamented that a dis- position had lately been shewn to depart from those prin- ciples of justice which had hitherto characterised the con- duct of this country , in order , as it had been alleged ...
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... former wars , these must be completely futile . There never was any thing which bore the smallest resemblance to the present transaction . The war which broke out in the year 1756 had been re- ferred o , but it had no application to the ...
... former wars , these must be completely futile . There never was any thing which bore the smallest resemblance to the present transaction . The war which broke out in the year 1756 had been re- ferred o , but it had no application to the ...
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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.