Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1841 - Politicians |
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... charges of corruption against the Government - Offers to prove them - Popular measures rejected --Abuse of justice in the case of fiats granted for libels - Continua- tion of sessions - Parliament dissolved - General election , 1790 ...
... charges of corruption against the Government - Offers to prove them - Popular measures rejected --Abuse of justice in the case of fiats granted for libels - Continua- tion of sessions - Parliament dissolved - General election , 1790 ...
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... charge against Lord Mansfield was not altogether well founded . He had formerly opposed the rights of Ireland ; but in this instance , he acted probably without any intentional hostility . The Irish cause was of old standing in his ...
... charge against Lord Mansfield was not altogether well founded . He had formerly opposed the rights of Ireland ; but in this instance , he acted probably without any intentional hostility . The Irish cause was of old standing in his ...
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... charges of jobbing and peculation ; and on the motion of Sir Henry Cavendish , Mr. Flood said the words were too weak , and that they should be , not that the country required retrenchment , but " demanded " it . He alluded to Mr ...
... charges of jobbing and peculation ; and on the motion of Sir Henry Cavendish , Mr. Flood said the words were too weak , and that they should be , not that the country required retrenchment , but " demanded " it . He alluded to Mr ...
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... charge brought against me of accepting 50,0007 . from Parliament is not my affair , but yours . You thought my services deserved it . I will not imitate the hon . mem- ber by a display of them , nor will I pay you so ill a compliment as ...
... charge brought against me of accepting 50,0007 . from Parliament is not my affair , but yours . You thought my services deserved it . I will not imitate the hon . mem- ber by a display of them , nor will I pay you so ill a compliment as ...
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... charge , that I en- deavoured by a vote of this House to stifle the voice of the people , it has been basely misstated . The motion was , that every man who in writing or in speech asserted that a right existed , or could be revived in ...
... charge , that I en- deavoured by a vote of this House to stifle the voice of the people , it has been basely misstated . The motion was , that every man who in writing or in speech asserted that a right existed , or could be revived in ...
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