Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Volume 3J. Murray, 1840 - Great Britain |
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... opinions I have maintained , and the principles on which I have acted , as they would derive from your unsolicited and honourable choice . After saying this , it is hardly necessary for me to observe that I am not about to commence a ...
... opinions I have maintained , and the principles on which I have acted , as they would derive from your unsolicited and honourable choice . After saying this , it is hardly necessary for me to observe that I am not about to commence a ...
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... opinion of the public spirit of the citizens of Bristol , to believe that at any time , and much less in such times as those we live in , their votes are to be gained by the personal attentions , and indi- vidual flatteries , and the ...
... opinion of the public spirit of the citizens of Bristol , to believe that at any time , and much less in such times as those we live in , their votes are to be gained by the personal attentions , and indi- vidual flatteries , and the ...
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Samuel Romilly. mand . This opinion is just as unfounded as the former . As I would never consent to be placed in any situation in which I should be unable to dis- charge the duties which might justly be expected from me , it was not ...
Samuel Romilly. mand . This opinion is just as unfounded as the former . As I would never consent to be placed in any situation in which I should be unable to dis- charge the duties which might justly be expected from me , it was not ...
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... opinion , an the delays of Sir S. Romilly voted in the majority .-- ED . Chancery not fit members of a commit- quire into the Court . impropriety in a Judge of the Court sitting upon a 1812 . 13 HIS PARLIAMENTARY LIFE .
... opinion , an the delays of Sir S. Romilly voted in the majority .-- ED . Chancery not fit members of a commit- quire into the Court . impropriety in a Judge of the Court sitting upon a 1812 . 13 HIS PARLIAMENTARY LIFE .
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... opinion , the committee would ill discharge their duty , if , amongst other objects of their inquiry , they did not endeavour to ascertain the cause of suits being so many years , as it was notorious they were , depend- ing in the ...
... opinion , the committee would ill discharge their duty , if , amongst other objects of their inquiry , they did not endeavour to ascertain the cause of suits being so many years , as it was notorious they were , depend- ing in the ...
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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...