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... bills from mere pique . Lord Hardwicke had op- posed a bill of Lord Holland's in the Upper House , with some acrimony . This brought on a sarcasm from Lord Holland , then Mr. Fox , who , upon a private bill of Sir F. B. Delaval's ...
... bills from mere pique . Lord Hardwicke had op- posed a bill of Lord Holland's in the Upper House , with some acrimony . This brought on a sarcasm from Lord Holland , then Mr. Fox , who , upon a private bill of Sir F. B. Delaval's ...
Page 66
... Bill . On hearing this he instantly took fire , and running to the Speaker's table where the Bill lay , with all the amendments marked as usual in red ink , and holding it up in the face of the House , exclaimed , " And am I and my ...
... Bill . On hearing this he instantly took fire , and running to the Speaker's table where the Bill lay , with all the amendments marked as usual in red ink , and holding it up in the face of the House , exclaimed , " And am I and my ...
Page 108
... bill passed the House of Commons , to amend an act , the 6th of Queen Anne , for regulating the rewards to be paid on the conviction of felons . When the bill was in the House of Lords , they thought proper to diminish the reward , thus ...
... bill passed the House of Commons , to amend an act , the 6th of Queen Anne , for regulating the rewards to be paid on the conviction of felons . When the bill was in the House of Lords , they thought proper to diminish the reward , thus ...
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