Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, المجلد 2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810 |
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... parlia ment . Some heads of a speech on representation . His Let- ter to Lord Temple on that subject . Anecdote on the same subject from Lord Buchan . Goes into Somersetshire . CHAP . XXXIX . Thanks of the City of London to Lord Chatham ...
... parlia ment . Some heads of a speech on representation . His Let- ter to Lord Temple on that subject . Anecdote on the same subject from Lord Buchan . Goes into Somersetshire . CHAP . XXXIX . Thanks of the City of London to Lord Chatham ...
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... Parlia ment . No account offered - No enquiry permitted to be made - Not even the decent satisfaction given to Parliament of an assurance that in future such extraordinary expences should be avoided . On the contrary , the King's speech ...
... Parlia ment . No account offered - No enquiry permitted to be made - Not even the decent satisfaction given to Parliament of an assurance that in future such extraordinary expences should be avoided . On the contrary , the King's speech ...
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... Parlia- ment , and leads to a general confusion . " It should seem that the Scotch kept this motion in their pockets ; and that they reserved themselves for it ; as neither the Earl of March- mont , who made it , nor Lord Mansfield ...
... Parlia- ment , and leads to a general confusion . " It should seem that the Scotch kept this motion in their pockets ; and that they reserved themselves for it ; as neither the Earl of March- mont , who made it , nor Lord Mansfield ...
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... this present Parliament for the county of Middlesex , was on the 17th of February , 1769 , without being heard , adjudged incapable of being elected a Member to serve in this present Parlia- ment 1770. ] 157 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
... this present Parliament for the county of Middlesex , was on the 17th of February , 1769 , without being heard , adjudged incapable of being elected a Member to serve in this present Parlia- ment 1770. ] 157 OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM .
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... Parlia- ment , by a resolution of the House of Commons , as follows : " Resolved , " That JOHN WILKES , Esq ; having been in this session of Parliament expelled this House , was and is incapable of being elected a Member to serve in ...
... Parlia- ment , by a resolution of the House of Commons , as follows : " Resolved , " That JOHN WILKES , Esq ; having been in this session of Parliament expelled this House , was and is incapable of being elected a Member to serve in ...
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الصفحة 269 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
الصفحة 314 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
الصفحة 302 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
الصفحة 275 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
الصفحة 303 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
الصفحة 268 - ... to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating, disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becoming your exalted situation, make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness; for that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede, is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. It reconciles superiority of power with the feelings...
الصفحة 268 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
الصفحة 302 - You may swell every expence, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German Prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign Prince ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which...
الصفحة 240 - Robert had heard them all he assured them that he was conscious of having meant well ; that in the present inflamed temper of the people the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force...
الصفحة 316 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.