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form no administration could act usefully for the country , THAT “ OPINION HE
MUST NOW RETRACT : be thought if ministers " had sufficient power , even as
the house of Commons was now s composed , that they might do every thing that
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form no administration could act usefully for the country , THAT “ OPINION HE
MUST NOW RETRACT : be thought if ministers " had sufficient power , even as
the house of Commons was now s composed , that they might do every thing that
...
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No ho - ' “ nest man can , according to the present system , continue minister . ...
That sort of reform which may in its result lodge most power in the bands of
ministers , and enable them with little trouble , less even than they have at
present , to ...
No ho - ' “ nest man can , according to the present system , continue minister . ...
That sort of reform which may in its result lodge most power in the bands of
ministers , and enable them with little trouble , less even than they have at
present , to ...
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He vacated his seat a fitter object of lenity than punish just before the ministers
were left in ment , still he could not think that the minority on the question for go .
that person , Sir John Peters , ought to ing into an inquiry on the Walchecontinue
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He vacated his seat a fitter object of lenity than punish just before the ministers
were left in ment , still he could not think that the minority on the question for go .
that person , Sir John Peters , ought to ing into an inquiry on the Walchecontinue
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How often did that unprincipled , and despotic minister rashly pledge the royal
word , which pledge he was afterwards ... much lament that ministers have been
obliged so often to forfeit the pledges , they had , with equal depravity and folly ...
How often did that unprincipled , and despotic minister rashly pledge the royal
word , which pledge he was afterwards ... much lament that ministers have been
obliged so often to forfeit the pledges , they had , with equal depravity and folly ...
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The two houses of parliament , after three adjournments , during which the most
confident expectations appear to have been entertained by ministers of his
Majesty ' s recovery , have at length deemed it prudent no longer to delay the ...
The two houses of parliament , after three adjournments , during which the most
confident expectations appear to have been entertained by ministers of his
Majesty ' s recovery , have at length deemed it prudent no longer to delay the ...
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Page 185 - 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 not pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 51 - I must a little longer entreat your lordships' indulgence. The constitution of this country has been openly invaded in fact; and I have heard, with horror and astonishment, that very invasion defended upon principle. What is this mysterious power, undefined by law, unknown to the subject, which we must not approach without awe, nor speak of without reverence, which no man may question and to which all men must submit...
Page 376 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Page 333 - ... in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land...
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Page 471 - For the probable receipts of the next year and other details I refer to statements which will be transmitted from the Treasury, and which will enable you to judge what further provisions may be necessary for the ensuing years. Reserving for future occasions in the course of the session whatever other communications may claim your attention, I close the present by expressing my reliance, under the blessing of Divine Providence, on the judgment and patriotism which will guide...
Page 339 - Works 1. 511. . 1. 515. of heart, with what equity can he refuse to hear or read him who demonstrates to have gained his knowledge by the same way? Is it a fair course to assert truth by arrogating to himself the only freedom of speech, and stopping the mouths of others equally gifted ? This is the direct way to bring in that papistical implicit faith which we all disclaim.
Page 397 - No higher or other duty shall be imposed on the importation into the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Britannic Majesty's territories in Europe, and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of his Britannic Majesty...
Page 468 - British system would be relinquished as soon as the repeal of the French decrees should have actually taken effect and the commerce of neutral nations have been restored to the condition in which it stood previously to the promulgation of those decrees.
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| Title | Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly miscellany) [afterw.] The Political review and monthly mirror of the times, Volume 8 |
| Editor | Benjamin Flower |
| Published | 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2006 |
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