The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 14Inskeep & Bradford, 1811 - Great Britain |
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... continued . * storation of A VERY humane and equitable measure was this session Mr. Dun- das propo- proposed by Mr. Dundas , indeed equally meritorious as a ses the re- scheme of individual justice and national policy ; this was the ...
... continued . * storation of A VERY humane and equitable measure was this session Mr. Dun- das propo- proposed by Mr. Dundas , indeed equally meritorious as a ses the re- scheme of individual justice and national policy ; this was the ...
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... continued to cultivate an amicable correspondence wisdom . with France , and the closest union with Joseph , whom she ardently seconded in schemes which now occupied the chief attention of Europe , SINCE the year 1781 , Joseph II . by ...
... continued to cultivate an amicable correspondence wisdom . with France , and the closest union with Joseph , whom she ardently seconded in schemes which now occupied the chief attention of Europe , SINCE the year 1781 , Joseph II . by ...
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... continued refrac- tory the imperialist , seeing it was vain to contend , relin- quished his object . The ship from Ostend was no less disappointed in the expectations of getting undisputed up the river . The emperor pretended to ...
... continued refrac- tory the imperialist , seeing it was vain to contend , relin- quished his object . The ship from Ostend was no less disappointed in the expectations of getting undisputed up the river . The emperor pretended to ...
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... from their misjudging eagerness of avarice completely defeated their own purposes and became bankrupts ; but skilful and able traders continued to realise fortunes . 83 1784 . Miscella- neous oc- Death of Dr John- REIGN OF GEORGE MI 37.
... from their misjudging eagerness of avarice completely defeated their own purposes and became bankrupts ; but skilful and able traders continued to realise fortunes . 83 1784 . Miscella- neous oc- Death of Dr John- REIGN OF GEORGE MI 37.
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... continued to receive assurances from foreign powers of their amicable disposition towards this country . Considera- Westmin- THE earl of Surrey opposed the address , or rather objected to it on account of what he conceived to be wrongly ...
... continued to receive assurances from foreign powers of their amicable disposition towards this country . Considera- Westmin- THE earl of Surrey opposed the address , or rather objected to it on account of what he conceived to be wrongly ...
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Page 341 - III. The nation is essentially the source of all sovereignty; nor can any INDIVIDUAL, or ANY BODY OF MEN, be entitled to any authority which is not expressly derived from it.
Page 341 - VII. No man should be accused, arrested, or held in confinement, except in cases determined by the law, and according to the forms which it has prescribed. All who promote, solicit, execute, or cause to be executed, arbitrary orders, ought to be punished...
Page 438 - The valour of others acquired, I enlarged, and gave shape and consistency to the dominion which you hold there : I preserved it : I sent forth its armies with an effectual but economical hand through unknown and hostile regions, to the support of your other possessions, to the retrieval of one from degradation and dishonour, and of the other from utter loss and subjection. I maintained the wars which were of your formation, or that of others, not of mine...
Page 341 - The right to property being inviolable and sacred, no one ought to be deprived of it, except in cases of evident public necessity, legally ascertained, and on condition of a previous just indemnity.
Page 341 - X. No man ought to be molested on account of his opinions, not even on account of his religious opinions, provided his avowal of them does not disturb the public order established by the law.
Page 182 - I impeach him in the name of human nature itself, which he has cruelly outraged, injured, and oppressed, in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition...
Page 229 - ... a project for dividing the royal family from each other — for separating the court from the state ; and therefore by disjoining government from its natural and accustomed support, a scheme for disconnecting the authority to command service from the power of animating it by reward, and for allotting to the prince all the invidious duties of government without the means of softening them to the public by any one act of grace, favour, or benignity.
Page 114 - ... private, nay interested, and irritated, individual. He, who formally is, and substantially ought to be, the judge, is in reality no more than ministerial, a mere executive instrument of a private man, who is at once judge and party. Every idea of judicial order is subverted by this procedure. If the insolvency be no crime, why is it punished with arbitrary imprisonment ? If it be a crime, why is it delivered into private hands to pardon without discretion, or to punish without mercy and without...
Page 181 - I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, whose Parliamentary trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of all the Commons of Great Britain, whose national character he has dishonored.
Page 98 - ... goods, and effects, the disposal of property of every sort and denomination, by sale, donation or exchange, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also the administration of justice, the subjects and citizens of the two contracting parties shall enjoy, in their respective dominions, the same privileges, liberties, and rights, as the most favoured nation...