The History of the Reign of George III.: To the Termination of the Late War, Volume 4T.N.Longman and O. Rees, 1803 - Great Britain |
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... Arguments against and for it . — Regulation on du- ties for British spirits . - Preliminary motions for the relief of the Eaft India company . - Bill for the regulation of In- dia . - Arguments against it . - Arguments for it . - Compa ...
... Arguments against and for it . — Regulation on du- ties for British spirits . - Preliminary motions for the relief of the Eaft India company . - Bill for the regulation of In- dia . - Arguments against it . - Arguments for it . - Compa ...
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... Arguments on both sides . - Jofeph's allegations entirely contrary to juftice . - The Dutch prepare to defend their rights . - Ruffia fupports the pretenfions of the emperor . -Pruffia and France unfriendly to the emperor's demands ...
... Arguments on both sides . - Jofeph's allegations entirely contrary to juftice . - The Dutch prepare to defend their rights . - Ruffia fupports the pretenfions of the emperor . -Pruffia and France unfriendly to the emperor's demands ...
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... Arguments for and againft . - Speech of Mr. She- ridan on the fortifications . — The bill is rejected by the cafting vote of the fpeaker . - Alteration in the mutiny bill.—Mr. Pitt's plan for appropriating an annual million to the pay ...
... Arguments for and againft . - Speech of Mr. She- ridan on the fortifications . — The bill is rejected by the cafting vote of the fpeaker . - Alteration in the mutiny bill.—Mr. Pitt's plan for appropriating an annual million to the pay ...
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... Arguments . - France the unalterable enemy of Great Britain . Mutual intereft can never eradicate that fentiment . - Every commercial connec- tion with France has been injurious to Britain . For the treaty , treaty , denied that there ...
... Arguments . - France the unalterable enemy of Great Britain . Mutual intereft can never eradicate that fentiment . - Every commercial connec- tion with France has been injurious to Britain . For the treaty , treaty , denied that there ...
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... Arguments for and againft.- Paffed into a law . - Extenfion of the mutiny bill . - Bill against the fmuggled exportation of wool - passed into a law . -Commencement of an inquiry concerning negro flavery .——— State of facts . - General ...
... Arguments for and againft.- Paffed into a law . - Extenfion of the mutiny bill . - Bill against the fmuggled exportation of wool - passed into a law . -Commencement of an inquiry concerning negro flavery .——— State of facts . - General ...
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Page 311 - ... 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 94 - It was fortunate, however, to observe, that notwithstanding all the skill employed by the noble and literary engineer, his mode of defence on paper was open to the same...
Page 94 - He had made it an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry, as well as logic. There were certain detached data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casements.
Page 71 - Commons composed of five hundred and forty-eight members, in which number are found the most considerable landholders and merchants of the kingdom ; the heads of the army, the navy, and the law ; the occupiers of great offices in the state ; together with many private individuals, eminent by their knowledge, eloquence, or activity.
Page 304 - Britain, should determine on the means whereby the royal assent may be given in parliament to such bill as may be passed by the two Houses of parliament, respecting the exercise of the powers and authorities of the crown, in the name and on the behalf of the king, during the continuance of his majesty's present indisposition.
Page 304 - That it is the opinion of this committee, That it is the right and duty of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons of Great Britain now assembled, and lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm, to provide the means of supplying the defect of the personal exercise of the royal authority, arising from...
Page 245 - 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. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights, and liberties he has subverted ; whose properties he has destroyed, whose country he has laid waste and desolate.
Page 312 - ... the prince expresses his firm conviction, that no event would be more repugnant to the feelings of his royal father, than the knowledge that the government of his son and representative had exhibited the sovereign power of the realm in a state of degradation...
Page 317 - ... to the arguments of Dundas and of Pulteney. Conscious that the present occasion would be the last in which he should personally take any part before the decision of the regency question, he seemed to put out all his intellectual strength. Scott having laid down as an incontrovertible proposition, that "the king's political character was in the eye of the law inseparable from his personal, and so would continue until his demise," Fox turned against this doctrine all the artillery of reason and...
Page 322 - ... trust intended to be reposed in me by parliament. It will be a great consolation to me to receive the aid of a council, of which I shall stand...