Memoirs of the life of colonel Warle; with the public spirit of 1809 as dispalyed in the patriotic proceedings |
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... England have effected that important change without the walls , which could not be accomplished within them . I have heard it mentioned , that a ferment was likely to be raised in the country by these proceedings . Gentlemen , be not ...
... England have effected that important change without the walls , which could not be accomplished within them . I have heard it mentioned , that a ferment was likely to be raised in the country by these proceedings . Gentlemen , be not ...
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... England did not look with the same critical eye on the foibles of the Royal Family as on those of other persons , and they would overlook many faults in that quarter , if they were allowed in other respects the benefit of the ...
... England did not look with the same critical eye on the foibles of the Royal Family as on those of other persons , and they would overlook many faults in that quarter , if they were allowed in other respects the benefit of the ...
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... England . Lost must he be to every feel- ing which warmed an honest bosom , if he could desert such a cause , and worthy to be an exile from his native land , and hated by every honest man . He then alluded to a letter he had received ...
... England . Lost must he be to every feel- ing which warmed an honest bosom , if he could desert such a cause , and worthy to be an exile from his native land , and hated by every honest man . He then alluded to a letter he had received ...
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... England who the mini- sters were . He now repeated what he had said in the House of Commons . He did not wish mi- nisters removed ; but would wage eternal war till the abuses the people complained of were reformed . He had been told by ...
... England who the mini- sters were . He now repeated what he had said in the House of Commons . He did not wish mi- nisters removed ; but would wage eternal war till the abuses the people complained of were reformed . He had been told by ...
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... England . Is there a nobleman with English blood in his veins who can see this , and not feel indignant ? and if there be that indignation felt , we surely can and ought to express ourselves pro- perly on such an occasion . Supposing ...
... England . Is there a nobleman with English blood in his veins who can see this , and not feel indignant ? and if there be that indignation felt , we surely can and ought to express ourselves pro- perly on such an occasion . Supposing ...
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Page 120 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or received a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 140 - Ministers, in the election of Members of Parliament ; that, by the same great standard of our liberties, it is declared that the election of Members of Parliament ought to be free...
Page 119 - And in this manner, according to the present state of the representation, two hundred and ninetyfour of your honourable members are chosen, and, being a majority of the entire house of commons, are enabled to decide all questions in the name of the whole people of England and Scotland.
Page 121 - That so long as the People shall not be fairly represented, corruption will increase; our debts and taxes will accumulate ; our resources will be dissipated ; the native energy of the People will be depressed ; and the country deprived of its best defence against foreign foes. 12. That to remedy the great and glaring evils of which we complain, it is not necessary to have recourse...
Page 55 - Wednesday Morning, Feb. 1st, 1809." " Dear Sir, " I yesterday saw Mr. Wardle ; he " had a letter yesterday from your " friend Glass, begging him not to take " any business in hand, where his name " is mentioned : and he asks for you "also. He was Tutor to Wardle. "Now Mr. Wardle assures me, by " every thing honourable, that if you " speak candidly. and fairly to the fact