The Speeches of Mr. Wilkes in the House of Commons1786 - 442 Seiten |
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... justice is on our fide , and gives a fanction to the intended hoftile proceedings . The affumed right of taxation without the confent of the fubject is plainly the primary cause of the present quarrel . Have we then , fir , any right to ...
... justice is on our fide , and gives a fanction to the intended hoftile proceedings . The affumed right of taxation without the confent of the fubject is plainly the primary cause of the present quarrel . Have we then , fir , any right to ...
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... Refolution tears up by the roots . hall then , if I fucceed , if justice and a reverence for ; Sir George Sayile , Baronet , Member for Yorkshire . the the conftitution prevail in this Parliament , proceed to the ( 25 )
... Refolution tears up by the roots . hall then , if I fucceed , if justice and a reverence for ; Sir George Sayile , Baronet , Member for Yorkshire . the the conftitution prevail in this Parliament , proceed to the ( 25 )
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... Justice Blackstone , in the first book of his Commentaries on the laws of En- gland , has the following words , " fubject to these re- " ftrictions and difqualifications , every fubject of the realm is eligible of common right . " This ...
... Justice Blackstone , in the first book of his Commentaries on the laws of En- gland , has the following words , " fubject to these re- " ftrictions and difqualifications , every fubject of the realm is eligible of common right . " This ...
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... justice of the principle is pre- ferved . Every Englishman is fupposed to be prefent in Parliament , either in person , or by a deputy chosen by himself , and therefore the refolution of Parliament is taken to be the refolution of every ...
... justice of the principle is pre- ferved . Every Englishman is fupposed to be prefent in Parliament , either in person , or by a deputy chosen by himself , and therefore the refolution of Parliament is taken to be the refolution of every ...
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... justice to be vastly beyond what his Lordship even fufpected . When we confider , fir , that the most important powers of this Houfe , the levying taxes on , and enact- ing laws for , five millions of perfons , is thus ufurped and ...
... justice to be vastly beyond what his Lordship even fufpected . When we confider , fir , that the most important powers of this Houfe , the levying taxes on , and enact- ing laws for , five millions of perfons , is thus ufurped and ...
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Seite 207 - An Act to prevent paper bills of credit hereafter to be issued in any of His Majesty's colonies or plantations in America from being declared to be a legal tender in payments of money, and to prevent the legal tender of such bills as are now subsisting from being prolonged beyond the periods limited for calling in and sinking the same.
Seite 355 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of...
Seite 335 - Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous.
Seite 86 - Colonies and Plantations in America have been, are, and of Right ought to be subordinate unto and dependent upon the Imperial Crown and Parliament of Great Britain...
Seite 280 - Why weepeth my lord ? " And he answered, " Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Seite 213 - An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain, in any of the Colonies, Provinces, and Plantations in North America, and the West Indies...
Seite 72 - House, as being subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom.
Seite 89 - Majesty's present servants; and by which their conduct in respect to America has been governed. And his Majesty relies upon your prudence and fidelity for such an explanation of his measures as may tend to remove the prejudices which have been excited by the misrepresentations of those who are enemies to the peace and prosperity of Great Britain and her colonies; and to re-establish that mutual confidence and affection upon which the glory and safety of the British empire depend.
Seite 134 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].
Seite 329 - Meliboeus, whose calf it is, may lawfully kill his calf at home, and burn any part of it that he thinks fit. For no injury is thereby done to any one, no prejudice to another man's goods. And for the same reason he may kill his calf also in a religious meeting. Whether the doing...