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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... honourable gentleman ; but he hoped that the House would believe him , when he affured them he was above duplicity . He was determined to act according to what he should conceive to be for the advantage of the coun- try ; but before he ...
... honourable gentleman ; but he hoped that the House would believe him , when he affured them he was above duplicity . He was determined to act according to what he should conceive to be for the advantage of the coun- try ; but before he ...
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... honourable gentleman ; had he condefcended to have expreffed himfelf fo a fortnight ago , he would have faved the Parliament and the people much trouble and much anxiety . The right honourable gentleman had at length thought proper to ...
... honourable gentleman ; had he condefcended to have expreffed himfelf fo a fortnight ago , he would have faved the Parliament and the people much trouble and much anxiety . The right honourable gentleman had at length thought proper to ...
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... honourable gentleman directed the principal part of his attention , not expecting it would be introduced into the debate . He had referved him- felf for the Committee on the ftate of the nation , when he intended to fay fomething on ...
... honourable gentleman directed the principal part of his attention , not expecting it would be introduced into the debate . He had referved him- felf for the Committee on the ftate of the nation , when he intended to fay fomething on ...
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... honourable gentleman remarked on the advantage of appealing to the fenfe of the Houfe , and very juftly ; the honourable gentie- man was himself the only Minifter who ever defpifed their approbation , creeping into power by means unfair ...
... honourable gentleman remarked on the advantage of appealing to the fenfe of the Houfe , and very juftly ; the honourable gentie- man was himself the only Minifter who ever defpifed their approbation , creeping into power by means unfair ...
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... honourable gentleman faid he would infift that his judgment was preferable to the col- lected wisdom of the House . But let gentlemen confider what the prefent ftate of the public is . Does not the bufinefs of the community a & u- ally ...
... honourable gentleman faid he would infift that his judgment was preferable to the col- lected wisdom of the House . But let gentlemen confider what the prefent ftate of the public is . Does not the bufinefs of the community a & u- ally ...
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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...
Page 332 - Commissioners shall have, and they are hereby invested with, the superintendence and control over all the British territorial possessions in the East Indies, and over the affairs of the United Company of Merchants trading thereto, in manner hereinafter directed.
Page 332 - Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Time being shall be, by virtue of their respective Offices, Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in England...
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...