Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Volume 3J. Murray, 1840 - Great Britain |
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... favour , is Mr. Edward Protheroe , a Bristol man , who lately was a banker there , though he now resides in London . He professes to be a Whig , though he seconded at a public meeting a motion for an address of con- gratulation to the ...
... favour , is Mr. Edward Protheroe , a Bristol man , who lately was a banker there , though he now resides in London . He professes to be a Whig , though he seconded at a public meeting a motion for an address of con- gratulation to the ...
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... favour- able a light , that they are desirous that I should be proposed to be one of your representatives . By this intimation alone it is that I am encouraged to say , that to be returned to Parliament by your free and independent ...
... favour- able a light , that they are desirous that I should be proposed to be one of your representatives . By this intimation alone it is that I am encouraged to say , that to be returned to Parliament by your free and independent ...
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... , to take into consideration the present state of Ireland ; and the numbers in favour of the motion were 135 , against it 229.-ED. Colonel McMahon's sinecure . time may be forgiven ) , 1812 . 11 HIS PARLIAMENTARY LIFE .
... , to take into consideration the present state of Ireland ; and the numbers in favour of the motion were 135 , against it 229.-ED. Colonel McMahon's sinecure . time may be forgiven ) , 1812 . 11 HIS PARLIAMENTARY LIFE .
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... favour . It is , indeed , only in the consciousness of the disinterested and patri- otic motives by which you are actuated that you can find that return . When it was first intimated to me that my conduct in Parliament had attracted the ...
... favour . It is , indeed , only in the consciousness of the disinterested and patri- otic motives by which you are actuated that you can find that return . When it was first intimated to me that my conduct in Parliament had attracted the ...
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Samuel Romilly. touched upon no topics calculated to court popular favour . I said nothing of a reform of Parliament , personal favour and private attachment , when in competition with the interest of the nation . I could not doubt that ...
Samuel Romilly. touched upon no topics calculated to court popular favour . I said nothing of a reform of Parliament , personal favour and private attachment , when in competition with the interest of the nation . I could not doubt that ...
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Page 343 - Licence they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that must first be wise and good ; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood.
Page 329 - Committee of the House of commons, appointed to inquire into the high price of gold bullion, &c.
Page 47 - Judgment shall have been had, shall be ; and in case Admission shall be refused or not obtained within a reasonable time after it shall have been first demanded, to enter by Force by Day...
Page 302 - Lordship should not propose to attend in person at the next general quarter sessions of the peace, .to be holden in and for the county...
Page 172 - ... article of the present treaty, shall have been attained ; nor until Buonaparte shall have been rendered absolutely unable to create disturbance, and to renew his attempts for possessing himself of the supreme power in France.
Page 222 - However solicitous the Prince Regent must be to see his most Christian Majesty restored to the throne, and however anxious he is to contribute, in conjunction with his allies, to so auspicious an event, he nevertheless deems himself called upon to make this declaration on the exchange of the ratifications, as well in consideration of what is due to his most Christian Majesty's interests in France, as in conformity to the principles upon which the British government has invariably regulated its conduct.
Page 32 - Winchelsea moved for the appointment of a select committee of the House of Commons "to inquire into the state of education of the lower orders of the metropolis...
Page 354 - French police : — Let us recollect that we are the same Parliament which sanctioned the issuing of a circular letter to the magistracy of the country, by a Secretary of State, urging them to...
Page 79 - British legislature, and concluded with moving for leave to bring in a bill to repeal so much of the act of the 6th of George I.
Page 354 - Ministers for the abuses and violations of the laws of which they had been guilty, in the exercise of the authority vested in them : — Let us recollect that we are the same Parliament which refused to inquire into the grievances stated in the numerous petitions and memorials with which our table groaned ; that we turned a deaf ear to the complaints of the oppressed ; that we even amused ourselves with their sufferings : — Let us recollect that we are the same Parliament which sanctioned the use...