The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, Band 22 |
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... blue ribbon , for he considered If the loan was so very profitable as it as a direct personal accusation of the had been described , it was to be pre- minister , in this public transaction : but , sumed he had of course many competitors ...
... blue ribbon , for he considered If the loan was so very profitable as it as a direct personal accusation of the had been described , it was to be pre- minister , in this public transaction : but , sumed he had of course many competitors ...
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... blue ribbon , independent of those who might have abused his lord- ship's confidence . This noble lord , whom the learned advocate described as respon- sible , was exclusively responsible in the in- stance he was about to mention . He ...
... blue ribbon , independent of those who might have abused his lord- ship's confidence . This noble lord , whom the learned advocate described as respon- sible , was exclusively responsible in the in- stance he was about to mention . He ...
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... blue ribbon was a disinterested man , because he derived no immediate pecuniary emolument from the transaction under consideration , it betrayed great art , or a total ignorance of human nature , and of the noble lord . It was true ...
... blue ribbon was a disinterested man , because he derived no immediate pecuniary emolument from the transaction under consideration , it betrayed great art , or a total ignorance of human nature , and of the noble lord . It was true ...
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... blue ribbon , reminding his lordship of having dared his honour able friend who seconded the motion , and now , when he accepted of the challenge basely sneaking away , and covering him . self from open shame , public detection and ...
... blue ribbon , reminding his lordship of having dared his honour able friend who seconded the motion , and now , when he accepted of the challenge basely sneaking away , and covering him . self from open shame , public detection and ...
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... blue ribbon crown received its advocates against the had ever been regarded , and indeed was people ; and from thence it was that all perfectly well known to be a man of as their nice and ridiculous arguments were strict honour as any ...
... blue ribbon crown received its advocates against the had ever been regarded , and indeed was people ; and from thence it was that all perfectly well known to be a man of as their nice and ridiculous arguments were strict honour as any ...
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Seite 395 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Seite 677 - ... if I consented to sacrifice, either to my own desire of peace, or to their temporary ease and relief, those essential rights and permanent interests, upon the maintenance and preservation of which, the future strength and security of this country must principally depend.
Seite 1067 - That it is the opinion of this House, that the farther prosecution of offensive war on the continent of North America, for the parpóse of reducing the revolted colonies to obedience by force, will be the means of weakening the efforts of this country against her European enemies ; tends, under the present circumstances, dangerously to increase the mutual enmity, so fatal to the interests both of Great Britain and America...
Seite 103 - That it is competent to this House, to examine into, and to correct abuses in, the expenditure of the civil list revenues, as well as in every other branch of the public revenue, whenever it shall appear expedient to the wisdom of this House so to do : 3.
Seite 101 - ... and impoverished condition of the nation, much public money has been improvidently squandered ; and that many individuals enjoy sinecure places, efficient places with exorbitant emoluments, and pensions unmerited by public service, to a large and still increasing amount, whence the crown has acquired a great and unconstitutional influence, which, if not checked, may soon prove fatal to the liberties of this country...
Seite 415 - ... indeed, the smallest rights of the poorest people in the kingdom are in question, I would set my face against any act of pride and power countenanced by the highest that are in it ; and if it should come to the last extremity and to a contest of blood, God forbid ! God forbid ! — my part is taken ; I would take my fate with the poor, and low, and feeble.
Seite 873 - That in the rise and progress of the war he extended every act of kindness in his power to persons called loyalists and quietists, as well as to British prisoners of war; very ample proofs of which he can produce. That he was captured on the American coast, first landed upon American ground, where he saw...
Seite 101 - State, your petitioners observe with grief, that, notwithstanding the calamitous and impoverished condition of the nation, much public money has been improvidently squandered, and that many individuals enjoy sinecure places, efficient places with exorbitant emoluments, and pensions unmerited by public service, to a large and still increasing amount ; whence the crown has acquired a great and unconstitutional influence, which, if not check'd, may soon prove fatal to the liberties of this country.
Seite 631 - III. declared, in a speech to parliament, " that he should not answer the trust committed to the sovereign of a free people, if he consented to sacrifice, either to his own desire of peace, or to their temporary ease and relief, those essential rights and permanent interests, upon the maintenance and preservation of which the future strength and security of the country must for ever depend.
Seite 717 - Oh ! says a silly man full of his prerogative of dominion over a few beasts of the field, there is excellent wool on the back of a wolf, and therefore he must be sheared. What ! shear a wolf? Yes. But will he comply ? Have you considered the trouble ? How will you get this wool ? Oh, I have considered nothing, and I will consider nothing but my right ; a wolf is an animal that has wool ; all animals that have wool are to be shorn, and therefore I will shear the wolf.