The Speeches of Mr. Wilkes in the House of Commons1786 - 442 Seiten |
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... majority of this house have even thus early , in one great inftance , acted contrary to the plain duty , which they owe to their country , and to the facred trust re- pofed in them . I allude , fir , to the contempt fhewn of the ...
... majority of this house have even thus early , in one great inftance , acted contrary to the plain duty , which they owe to their country , and to the facred trust re- pofed in them . I allude , fir , to the contempt fhewn of the ...
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... majority of the state , and fubject to their inftructions ; liberty will be enjoyed in its highest degree . But if they are chofen for long terms by a part only of the state ; and if during that term , they are fubject to no controul ...
... majority of the state , and fubject to their inftructions ; liberty will be enjoyed in its highest degree . But if they are chofen for long terms by a part only of the state ; and if during that term , they are fubject to no controul ...
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... majority for him to this Houfe . The people , fir , were in a ferment , which has not yet fubfided . They made my cause their own ; for they faw all the powers of government exerted against the conftitution , which was wounded through ...
... majority for him to this Houfe . The people , fir , were in a ferment , which has not yet fubfided . They made my cause their own ; for they faw all the powers of government exerted against the conftitution , which was wounded through ...
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... the virtue of this Houfe , that they will immediately order an impeachment against the Secretary to be carried up to the Bar of the Houfe of Peers . * C 4 Extract and he was declared by a majority of the Houfe ( -23 )
... the virtue of this Houfe , that they will immediately order an impeachment against the Secretary to be carried up to the Bar of the Houfe of Peers . * C 4 Extract and he was declared by a majority of the Houfe ( -23 )
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... majority of 1143 votes against Mr. Luttrell , who had only 296. The fame day this Houfe + voted , 4.4 Extract from the Journals of Feb. 2 , 1769 , vol . XXXII . page 176 . Refolved , That the Introduction to the copy of a Letter ...
... majority of 1143 votes against Mr. Luttrell , who had only 296. The fame day this Houfe + voted , 4.4 Extract from the Journals of Feb. 2 , 1769 , vol . XXXII . page 176 . Refolved , That the Introduction to the copy of a Letter ...
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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...