The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] Containing an Account of the Interesting Speeches and Motions ... During the 1st Session of the 14th [-18th] Parliament of Great BritainJ. Almon, 1784 - Great Britain |
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... mind ; and yet this gentleman , not much accuftomed to imagine or defcribe any thing in a fhort compass , after having exerted all the inexhauftible refources of his genius , has returned from Paris , without bringing any commercial ...
... mind ; and yet this gentleman , not much accuftomed to imagine or defcribe any thing in a fhort compass , after having exerted all the inexhauftible refources of his genius , has returned from Paris , without bringing any commercial ...
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... mind . " Mr. Haftings ' agent , Mr. Scott , had alfo told the Committee , when examined by them , that it was better worth the while of the Rajah of Oude to make Mr. Haftings a prefent of one hundred thousand pounds , than to pay any ...
... mind . " Mr. Haftings ' agent , Mr. Scott , had alfo told the Committee , when examined by them , that it was better worth the while of the Rajah of Oude to make Mr. Haftings a prefent of one hundred thousand pounds , than to pay any ...
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... mind on the fubject , but it was not fufficiently matured for the House to be made acquainted with it . He begged that , in the difcuffion of the bills he should move for leave to bring in , gentlemen would not involve two things that ...
... mind on the fubject , but it was not fufficiently matured for the House to be made acquainted with it . He begged that , in the difcuffion of the bills he should move for leave to bring in , gentlemen would not involve two things that ...
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... mind to the fituation . and the danger of it . He had left all thoughts of ease , indolence , and fafety behind him . He remembered an ho- nourable friend near him ( Mr. Burke ) had once faid , half in jest , half in earnest , " that ...
... mind to the fituation . and the danger of it . He had left all thoughts of ease , indolence , and fafety behind him . He remembered an ho- nourable friend near him ( Mr. Burke ) had once faid , half in jest , half in earnest , " that ...
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... minds of the Houfe , that he had not intruded himself in this bufinefs officially ; that it was not a mean and interested ... mind on the subject ; that its neceflity and impor- tance were univerfally felt and acknowledged ; and that the ...
... minds of the Houfe , that he had not intruded himself in this bufinefs officially ; that it was not a mean and interested ... mind on the subject ; that its neceflity and impor- tance were univerfally felt and acknowledged ; and that the ...
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Page 265 - Fourth wished that he might live to see a fowl in the pot of every peasant in his kingdom. That sentiment of homely benevolence was worth all the splendid sayings that are recorded of kings. But he wished perhaps for more than could be obtained, and the goodness of the man exceeded the power of the king. But this gentleman, a subject, may this day say this at least, with truth, that he secures the rice in his pot to every man in India.
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