Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 1William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1802 - Great Britain |
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... house of lords , by order of the lords commissioners , they were directed to proceed forthwith to the election of a speaker . The commons having returned to their own house , proceeded to such election , and the right hon . Henry ...
... house of lords , by order of the lords commissioners , they were directed to proceed forthwith to the election of a speaker . The commons having returned to their own house , proceeded to such election , and the right hon . Henry ...
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... house of Lord Nelson landed at Yarmouth from the Baltic ; and. Motions for addresses to his Majesty were moved in both houses of parliament , and amendments in both proposed , but the origi- nal motions were carried , in the house of ...
... house of Lord Nelson landed at Yarmouth from the Baltic ; and. Motions for addresses to his Majesty were moved in both houses of parliament , and amendments in both proposed , but the origi- nal motions were carried , in the house of ...
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... house , the seals of office , as chancellor of the exchequer and first lord of the treasury , and they were immediately de- Erered by his Majesty to Mr. Addington , who kissed hands upon the occasion . An account received of admiral Gan ...
... house , the seals of office , as chancellor of the exchequer and first lord of the treasury , and they were immediately de- Erered by his Majesty to Mr. Addington , who kissed hands upon the occasion . An account received of admiral Gan ...
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... houses of anament upon the preliminaries of peace . pon a motion in the house of peers for an ddress to his Majesty , expressive of their ordships ' full approbation thereof , which as most ably opposed by Lords Spencer , and Grenville ...
... houses of anament upon the preliminaries of peace . pon a motion in the house of peers for an ddress to his Majesty , expressive of their ordships ' full approbation thereof , which as most ably opposed by Lords Spencer , and Grenville ...
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... HOUSE OF LORDS . Lord Bolton moved the address , which was as usual an echo to the speech , and was ce- conded by Lord Lilford . The Duke of Bedford rose , he said , with no intention to disturb the harmony , which he perceived was ...
... HOUSE OF LORDS . Lord Bolton moved the address , which was as usual an echo to the speech , and was ce- conded by Lord Lilford . The Duke of Bedford rose , he said , with no intention to disturb the harmony , which he perceived was ...
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Page 47 - Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary states, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war, on our failure to comply before a given day. The style of the demand admitted but one answer. I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurances to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack.
Page 675 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 45 - House of Representatives: It is a circumstance of sincere gratification to me that on meeting the great council of our nation I am able to announce to them on grounds of reasonable certainty that the wars and troubles which have for so many years afflicted our sister nations have at length come to an end, and that the communications of peace and commerce are once more opening among them.
Page 51 - Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed. If, in the course of your observations or inquiries, they should appear to need any aid within the limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of their importance is a sufficient assurance they will occupy your attention.
Page 907 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant nor his maidservant, nor his ox nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 51 - And shall we refuse the unhappy fugitives from distress that hospitality which the savages of the wilderness extended to our fathers arriving in this land ? Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe...
Page 909 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 491 - His Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the territory of Spain in that part of the world, four months after the ratification of the...
Page 49 - These considerations render it important that we should, at every session, continue to amend the defects: which from time to time show themselves in the laws for regulating the militia, until they are sufficiently perfect; nor should we now, or at any time, separate until we can say we have done every thing for the militia which we could do were an enemy at our door.
Page 51 - Considering the ordinary chances of human life, a denial of citizenship under a residence of fourteen years, is a denial to a great proportion of those who ask it ; and controls a policy pursued, frorn their first settlement, by many of these States, and still believed of consequence to their prosperity.