Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl Chatham: And of the Principle Events of His Time; with His Speeches in Parliament, from the Year 1736 to the Year 1778. In Three Volumes, Volume 2J. S. Jordan, 1793 - Great Britain |
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... land , to efpouse the Princess Augufta , the King's fifter . When the ceremonies were ended , he paid a vifit to Mr. Pitt , who was confined to his chamber by a fevere fit of the gout , at his feat at Hayes in Kent . This vifit was very ...
... land , to efpouse the Princess Augufta , the King's fifter . When the ceremonies were ended , he paid a vifit to Mr. Pitt , who was confined to his chamber by a fevere fit of the gout , at his feat at Hayes in Kent . This vifit was very ...
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... land , common fenfe , and the true principles of juftice , all united in condemn- ing a General Warrant ; yet all the Law Offi- cers of Government , all the fubalterns of the Ministry , all the people who called them- felves King's ...
... land , common fenfe , and the true principles of juftice , all united in condemn- ing a General Warrant ; yet all the Law Offi- cers of Government , all the fubalterns of the Ministry , all the people who called them- felves King's ...
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... land . bring Mr. Pitt into office . His project had failed in the year 1763 , through his own cowardice . This year he refolved not to appear in the measure ; perhaps he was still influenced by his fears , and therefore , the better to ...
... land . bring Mr. Pitt into office . His project had failed in the year 1763 , through his own cowardice . This year he refolved not to appear in the measure ; perhaps he was still influenced by his fears , and therefore , the better to ...
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... land being at the head of the Treafury , was XXVIII . 1765 . Lord Tem- ple and Mr. Grenville become re- relinquished provided his Lordship was con- fidered in fome other way . Mr. Pitt return- ed the fame answer he had given to his ...
... land being at the head of the Treafury , was XXVIII . 1765 . Lord Tem- ple and Mr. Grenville become re- relinquished provided his Lordship was con- fidered in fome other way . Mr. Pitt return- ed the fame answer he had given to his ...
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Page 53 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the house what is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately.
Page 395 - 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 383 - Tis liberty to liberty engaged," that they will defend themselves, their families, and their country. In this great cause they are immovably allied: it is the alliance of God and nature — immutable, eternal — fixed as the firmament of heaven.
Page 33 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Page 34 - Great Britain give and grant to your majesty, what ? Our own property ? No. We give and grant to your majesty, the property of your majesty's commons of America.
Page 445 - That God and nature put into our hands!" I know not what ideas that Lord may entertain of God and nature; but I know, that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.— What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian...
Page 426 - As it is the right of parliament to give, so it is the duty of the crown to ask it. But on this day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels!
Page 160 - Upon the present question I meet him without fear. The evidence which truth carries with it is superior to all argument; it neither wants the support nor dreads the opposition of the greatest abilities. If there be a single word in the amendment to justify the interpretation which the noble lord has been pleased to give it, I am ready to renounce the whole. Let it be read, my lords; let...
Page 446 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation. I call upon that right reverend bench, those holy ministers of the Gospel, and pious pastors of our church; I conjure them to join in the holy work, and vindicate the religion of their God. I appeal to the wisdom and the law of this learned bench to defend and support the justice of their country. I call upon the bishops...
Page 491 - Conquest; that has stood the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada, now fall prostrate before the House of Bourbon? Surely, my lords, this nation is no longer what it was! Shall a people, that seventeen years ago was the terror of the world, now stoop so low as to tell its ancient inveterate enemy, take all we have, only give us peace?