The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 31Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1792 - History |
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Page 102
... proposed by the minifters . In con- tradiction to the doctrines which had been afferted , concerning the two houses of parliament , that they were then in a convention , he had no hesitation in declaring , that the prefent was to all ...
... proposed by the minifters . In con- tradiction to the doctrines which had been afferted , concerning the two houses of parliament , that they were then in a convention , he had no hesitation in declaring , that the prefent was to all ...
Page 122
... proposed to confine thofe li- mitations to ? - what revenue he meant to affign to his royal highness during his regency ? and , who were the perfons the council of ad- vice would confift of ? -Upon the fecond point , he begged leave to ...
... proposed to confine thofe li- mitations to ? - what revenue he meant to affign to his royal highness during his regency ? and , who were the perfons the council of ad- vice would confift of ? -Upon the fecond point , he begged leave to ...
Page 126
... proposed to be prefent- ed to the prince for his affent , ap- pearing in the face of them most materially to curtail the exercise of that royal authority which they were about to put into his hands , would , as they stood , feem to con ...
... proposed to be prefent- ed to the prince for his affent , ap- pearing in the face of them most materially to curtail the exercise of that royal authority which they were about to put into his hands , would , as they stood , feem to con ...
Page 130
... proposed were in their own nature unjustifiable , and tending to introduce diforder and debility into government - if they were contemp- tible in the jealoufy they evinced of the prince , and alarming from their hoftility to the whole ...
... proposed were in their own nature unjustifiable , and tending to introduce diforder and debility into government - if they were contemp- tible in the jealoufy they evinced of the prince , and alarming from their hoftility to the whole ...
Page 134
... propose the names of John lord archbishop of Canterbury , Edward lord Thur- low , William lord archbishop of York , and Lloyd lord Kenyon . He meant that thefe four fhould be appointed counsellors by name , and not as officers filling ...
... propose the names of John lord archbishop of Canterbury , Edward lord Thur- low , William lord archbishop of York , and Lloyd lord Kenyon . He meant that thefe four fhould be appointed counsellors by name , and not as officers filling ...
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Page 327 - All who promote, solicit, execute, or cause to be executed, arbitrary orders, ought to be punished, and every citizen called upon, or apprehended by virtue of the law, ought immediately to obey, and renders himself culpable by resistance.
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Page 294 - The Prince of Wales learns from Mr. Pitt's letter, that the proceedings in parliament are now in a train which enables Mr. Pitt, according to the intimation in his former letter, to communicate to the prince the outlines of the plan which his majesty's confidential servants conceive to be proper to be proposed in the present circumstances.
Page 309 - I need not add my earnest recommendation to the parliament and people of Ireland, to continue to cultivate the harmony of the two kingdoms, which in their mutual perfect freedom will find the...