The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best Speeches of the Most Distinguished English, Irish, and Scotch Parliamentary Speakers, from the Beginning of the Reign of Charles I. to the Present Time, Volume 1Thomas Kirk, 1810 - Great Britain |
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... observe that in two days only of twelve this business was thought of , and not begun till his majesty by a message put you in mind of it , whilst your inquisition against his majesty's direction , proceeded day by day . And , for the ...
... observe that in two days only of twelve this business was thought of , and not begun till his majesty by a message put you in mind of it , whilst your inquisition against his majesty's direction , proceeded day by day . And , for the ...
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... observe and follow the better sort , which if they shall do , his ma jesty is most ready to forget whatsoever is past . DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S Speech on being accused before the House of Lords . * My lords , If I hold my peace , it will ...
... observe and follow the better sort , which if they shall do , his ma jesty is most ready to forget whatsoever is past . DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S Speech on being accused before the House of Lords . * My lords , If I hold my peace , it will ...
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... observe the irregular motions , the prodigious magnitude and omin- ous prognostics of that meteor , so the commons , when they see such a blazing star in a court , so exorbitant in the affairs of the commonwealth , cannot but look upon ...
... observe the irregular motions , the prodigious magnitude and omin- ous prognostics of that meteor , so the commons , when they see such a blazing star in a court , so exorbitant in the affairs of the commonwealth , cannot but look upon ...
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... observe something out of the laws , wherein this liberty of the subject's person is founded , and something out of the precedents which have been alledged ; as to magna charta , and the rest concerning these points , they are ...
... observe something out of the laws , wherein this liberty of the subject's person is founded , and something out of the precedents which have been alledged ; as to magna charta , and the rest concerning these points , they are ...
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... observe , that many committed by the king or his counsel have been delivered upon habeas corpus , and that constantly . It is true that some precedents were brought on the king's part , that when some of these persons desired to be ...
... observe , that many committed by the king or his counsel have been delivered upon habeas corpus , and that constantly . It is true that some precedents were brought on the king's part , that when some of these persons desired to be ...
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Page 282 - Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
Page 150 - Levites: and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all. the words of this law and these statutes, to do them : that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Page 402 - ... receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Page 124 - For what do the enemy say? Nay, what do many say that were friends at the beginning of the Parliament ? Even this, that the members of both houses have got great places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves in grandeur, and not permit the war speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it.
Page 252 - ... parricide. He that was guilty of parricide was beaten with rods upon his naked body till the blood gushed out of all the veins of his body; then he was sewed up in a leathern sack called a culeus, with a cock, a viper, and an ape, and thrown headlong into the sea.
Page 155 - The archers have sorely grieved him and shot at him and hated him. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.
Page 100 - Now where is the mark, where is the token set upon the crime, to declare it to be high treason? My lords, be pleased to give that regard to the peerage of England as never to expose yourselves to such moot points, such constructive interpretations of law.
Page 385 - ... them to be made the tools, if not the prey of their neighbours ; therefore in all the regulations we make, with respect to our constitution, we are to guard against running too much into that form of government which is properly called democratical : this was, in my opinion, the effect of the triennial law, and will again be the effect, if ever it should be restored.
Page 250 - ... prentices to their unkind neighbours ; and yet, after all, finding their trade so fortified by companies, and secured by prescriptions, that they despair of any success therein. I think I see our learned judges laying aside their...
Page 73 - ... import. And thus, sir, with a large affection and loyalty to his Majesty, and with a firm duty and service to my country, I have suddenly (and it may be with some disorder) expressed the weak apprehensions I have ; wherein if I have erred, I humbly crave ^'our pardon, and so submit myself to the censure of the House.