The Parliamentary Register: Proceedings and Debates, Volume 4J. Debrett., 1802 - Great Britain |
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... Majefty , on Thursday the 26th of October , 1775 , with a fpeech from the throne ; which speech having been already printed , in the debates and proceedings of the Houfe of Commons of this feffion , it is unneceffary to repeat it ...
... Majefty , on Thursday the 26th of October , 1775 , with a fpeech from the throne ; which speech having been already printed , in the debates and proceedings of the Houfe of Commons of this feffion , it is unneceffary to repeat it ...
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... Majefty having been graciously pleased , in an- fwer to a late humble and dutiful addrefs and petition to the throne , praying a ceffation of hoftilities , with America , for the purpofe of obtaining time , and thereby giving an opportu ...
... Majefty having been graciously pleased , in an- fwer to a late humble and dutiful addrefs and petition to the throne , praying a ceffation of hoftilities , with America , for the purpofe of obtaining time , and thereby giving an opportu ...
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... Majefty's governors to a petition of a provincial congrefs . I cannot ( fays Sir James Wright ) look upon your meeting as conftitutional , but as your petition is expreffed in terms of duty and loyalty , and the ends propofed are fuch ...
... Majefty's governors to a petition of a provincial congrefs . I cannot ( fays Sir James Wright ) look upon your meeting as conftitutional , but as your petition is expreffed in terms of duty and loyalty , and the ends propofed are fuch ...
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... Majefty ; that they con- tained the fullest approbation of the prefent meafures , and must be prefumed were the voice and fenfe of the nation . ] Lord Craven faid , the manner and the means employed to obtain these addreffes are well ...
... Majefty ; that they con- tained the fullest approbation of the prefent meafures , and must be prefumed were the voice and fenfe of the nation . ] Lord Craven faid , the manner and the means employed to obtain these addreffes are well ...
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... Majefty ; that they con- tained the fulleft approbation of the prefent measures , and must be prefumed were the voice and fenfe of the nation . ] Lord Craven faid , the manner and the means employed to obtain these addreffes are well ...
... Majefty ; that they con- tained the fulleft approbation of the prefent measures , and must be prefumed were the voice and fenfe of the nation . ] Lord Craven faid , the manner and the means employed to obtain these addreffes are well ...
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Page 156 - If you do not kill them, they will kill you;' if we do not, my lords, get the better of America, America will get the better of us. Are we to stand idle, because we are told this is an unjust war?
Page 46 - 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...
Page 196 - They are seditious, unfaithful, disobedient, devourers, and destroyers of all places and countries whereinto they are drawn ; as being held by no other bond than their own commodity. Yea, that which is most fearful among such hirelings is, that they have often, and in time of greatest extremity, not only refused to fight in...
Page 280 - Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pensylvania, the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, during the Continuance of the present Rebellion...
Page 200 - WE, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament aflembled, humbly beg leave to...
Page 208 - ... to his Majefty, what they confider to be their juft rights and real grievances ; that in fuch cafe his Majefty will confent to a fufpenfion of aims ; and that his Majefty has authority from his Parliament, to aflure them that fuch their petition, (hall be received, confidered, and anfwered.
Page 5 - Grace folemnlf protefted, as long as he had the honour of a feat in that Houfe, he would never endure it. If the noble Lords who made the...
Page 160 - That an humble addrefs be prefented to his Majefty, praying, that he would be gracioufly pleafed to...
Page 170 - The question is not, therefore, how we shall be able to realize a vain, delusive scheme of dominion, but how we shall make it the interest of the Americans to continue faithful allies and warm friends. Surely that can never be effected by fleets and armies. Instead of meditating conquest and exhausting our...
Page 157 - ... idle, becaufe we are told this is an unjuft war, and wait till they have brought their arms to our very doors ? The...