The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] Containing an Account of the Interesting Speeches and Motions ... During the 1st Session of the 14th [-18th] Parliament of Great BritainJ. Almon, 1784 - Great Britain |
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... never was a more numerous attendance . As foon as Mr. Pitt had taken his place , Mr. Powys rofe : his emotion was fuch , that he abfolutely shed tears while he was fpeaking . He faid , that the fcene of confufion , to which he had been ...
... never was a more numerous attendance . As foon as Mr. Pitt had taken his place , Mr. Powys rofe : his emotion was fuch , that he abfolutely shed tears while he was fpeaking . He faid , that the fcene of confufion , to which he had been ...
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... Parliaments ; and , as a Minister of the Crown , he never would advise his Ma- jefty to pledge himself by any promise generally , and without any e any expreffion of limitation or qualification , not to PARLIAMENTARY A. 1784-
... Parliaments ; and , as a Minister of the Crown , he never would advise his Ma- jefty to pledge himself by any promise generally , and without any e any expreffion of limitation or qualification , not to PARLIAMENTARY A. 1784-
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... never advise his Majesty to make . However , he was ready to own that fomething had happened fince his Majefty had given that an- fwer , which had greatly altered the fituation of affairs . Re- folutions had been carried in that Houfe ...
... never advise his Majesty to make . However , he was ready to own that fomething had happened fince his Majefty had given that an- fwer , which had greatly altered the fituation of affairs . Re- folutions had been carried in that Houfe ...
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... never yet been broken ; and the British conftitution was as yet entire . It was therefore hoped that if the fhattered remnants of the empire could ftill be fayed by the establish- ment of peace , time and means might be found for the ...
... never yet been broken ; and the British conftitution was as yet entire . It was therefore hoped that if the fhattered remnants of the empire could ftill be fayed by the establish- ment of peace , time and means might be found for the ...
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... never exhibit him as an eligible servant of the Crown . No. It was only in fo far as he deviated from the Conftitution , as he fhewed a contempt for the opinion of the people , as he preferred his own judgment to that of Parliament ...
... never exhibit him as an eligible servant of the Crown . No. It was only in fo far as he deviated from the Conftitution , as he fhewed a contempt for the opinion of the people , as he preferred his own judgment to that of Parliament ...
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Page 314 - Majefty that it may be enacled ; and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That...
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Page 271 - Houfe ; upon thofe who have difregarded the opinions, and neglected the admonitions of thereprefentatives of his people, and who have thereby attempted to fet up a new fyftem of executive...
Page 269 - Majefty's royal wifdom, thai. no Adminiftration, however legally appointed, can ferve His Majefty and the public with effect which does not enjoy the confidence of this Houfe :—that in His Majefty's prefent Adminiftration we cannot confide ; the...
Page 330 - And be it further enafted by the authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful, to and for...
Page 66 - Accustomed to judge of measures by men, he apprehended that they would give themselves no time to examine the principles, motives, and grounds of a coalition : but condemn it on its first appearance, merely because it was composed of men who had long been political enemies. On these grounds, full of apprehension for the character of his right honourable friend, he most certainly gave him his advice against a coalition.
Page 240 - Majefty has not been advifed to take any farther ftep towards uniting in the public fervice thofe whole joint efforts have recently appeared to His Majefty moft capable of producing fo happy an effect. That this Houfe, with all humility, claims it as its right, and on every proper occafion feels it to be their bounden duty to advife His Majefty touching the exercife of any branch of his Royal prerogative.
Page 271 - ... we know, and are fure, that the profperity of His Majefty's dominions in former times has been, under Divine Providence, owing to the harmony which has for near a century prevailed uninterruptedly between the Crown and this Houfe.
Page 199 - I am not afraid to place in the front .of that battle, (for at that battle the noble peer whom I allude .to was not afraid to buckle on his old armour...