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... foreign transactions . 2ndly , Because we conceive , that dangers alleged from dis- affection at home , are , in a great measure , groundless ; no symptoms of such disaffection having appeared for many years , and the principles upon ...
... foreign transactions . 2ndly , Because we conceive , that dangers alleged from dis- affection at home , are , in a great measure , groundless ; no symptoms of such disaffection having appeared for many years , and the principles upon ...
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... foreign troops now in our pay ; and should any further assistance to them be necessary , it will not only be cheaper and safer to us , but more advantageous and agreeable to those Powers themselves , that we should furnish our quotas in ...
... foreign troops now in our pay ; and should any further assistance to them be necessary , it will not only be cheaper and safer to us , but more advantageous and agreeable to those Powers themselves , that we should furnish our quotas in ...
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... foreign service , though they were said to be designed for the preservation of the dominions of the House of Austria , which we then lay under the same engagements both of interest and treaties to defend . The number of officers in ...
... foreign service , though they were said to be designed for the preservation of the dominions of the House of Austria , which we then lay under the same engagements both of interest and treaties to defend . The number of officers in ...
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... foreign . service , that have with difficulty been able to swim into the docks of Portsmouth and Plymouth for further repairs . 5thly , Because we apprehend , that by the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole , in relation to foreign affairs ...
... foreign . service , that have with difficulty been able to swim into the docks of Portsmouth and Plymouth for further repairs . 5thly , Because we apprehend , that by the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole , in relation to foreign affairs ...
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... foreign to that of this Kingdom . Were it ever to be suspected from any new and surprising appearances , that this nation could be engaged in the most expensive , chimerical , and dangerous schemes , entered into without the advice or ...
... foreign to that of this Kingdom . Were it ever to be suspected from any new and surprising appearances , that this nation could be engaged in the most expensive , chimerical , and dangerous schemes , entered into without the advice or ...
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A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: 1741-1825 James Edwin Thorold Rogers No preview available - 2020 |
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Page 77 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 202 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 315 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.
Page 53 - That in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this Realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this Kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Page 88 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 126 - Majesty, his heirs or successors ; and such marriage shall be good, as if this Act had never been made, unless both Houses of Parliament shall, before the expiration of the said twelve months, expressly declare their disapprobation of such intended marriage.
Page 256 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military...
Page 483 - That an humble address be presented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to...
Page 308 - An act for the safety and preservation of his Majesty's person and government against treasonable and seditious practices and attempts...
Page 166 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void; 13.