Annual Register, Volume 71Edmund Burke 1830 - History |
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... gave all that it demand- ed — but whether or no the govern ment could compel it to be quiet , even though it should get nothing . In such circumstances , when one hand held a bill for suppressing the Association , while HISTORY OF ...
... gave all that it demand- ed — but whether or no the govern ment could compel it to be quiet , even though it should get nothing . In such circumstances , when one hand held a bill for suppressing the Association , while HISTORY OF ...
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... gave him a House of Commons decidedly adverse to concession , he would immediately abandon them for the enemy . It was confidence in the known opinions and the supposed firmness of the leading ministers , which had prevented the anti ...
... gave him a House of Commons decidedly adverse to concession , he would immediately abandon them for the enemy . It was confidence in the known opinions and the supposed firmness of the leading ministers , which had prevented the anti ...
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... gave the Catholics the first stepping - stone for reaching every thing they might desire . It was admitted , that the adherents of the Catholic faith would struggle for ascendancy ; it was admitted that this bill was to give them the ...
... gave the Catholics the first stepping - stone for reaching every thing they might desire . It was admitted , that the adherents of the Catholic faith would struggle for ascendancy ; it was admitted that this bill was to give them the ...
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... gave a general capacity to office . All offices , said the bill , are open to Catholics , with one or two excep- tions ; ecclesiastical appointments , however , were to be separated from the patronage , and vested in commissions . Now ...
... gave a general capacity to office . All offices , said the bill , are open to Catholics , with one or two excep- tions ; ecclesiastical appointments , however , were to be separated from the patronage , and vested in commissions . Now ...
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... gave strength and security . But when those securities were removed , they were no longer bound to that constitution . He would not feel himself bound to stand by a city which had once been well fortified , when he saw its works ...
... gave strength and security . But when those securities were removed , they were no longer bound to that constitution . He would not feel himself bound to stand by a city which had once been well fortified , when he saw its works ...
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Page 300 - Subject,' is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
Page 16 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 15 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
Page 16 - ... bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 15 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 300 - I do swear, that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws ; and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm...
Page 410 - Officer with a view to public benefits; and when these require his removal, they are not to be sacrificed to private interests. It is the People, and they alone, who have a right to complain, when a bad Officer is substituted for a good one. He who is removed has the same means of obtaining a living, that are enjoyed by the millions who never held Office.
Page viii - You will consider whether the removal of those disabilities can be effected consistently with the full and permanent security of our establishments in Church and State, with the maintenance of the reformed religion established by law, and of the rights and privileges of the bishops and of the clergy of this realm, and of the churches committed to their charge.
Page 324 - Majesty's subjects ; every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or out-house, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a good account of himself or herself...
Page 409 - The duties of all public offices are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance; and I can not but believe that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience.