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... parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal authority , how to set limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for reformation , and reform- ations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted ...
... parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal authority , how to set limits to its own . Evils we have had continually calling for reformation , and reform- ations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted ...
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... parliament . They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause ; and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connexion ; no correspondence of ...
... parliament . They firmly adhered to those friends of liberty , who had run all hazards in its cause ; and provided for them in preference to every other claim . With the Earl of Bute they had no personal connexion ; no correspondence of ...
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... parliament was pleased to approve the treaty of peace with- out calling for the correspondence concerning it . How just this sarcasm on that parliament may be , I say not ; but how becoming in the author , I leave it to his friends to ...
... parliament was pleased to approve the treaty of peace with- out calling for the correspondence concerning it . How just this sarcasm on that parliament may be , I say not ; but how becoming in the author , I leave it to his friends to ...
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... parliament must be , and in consequence of the rules prescribed by that act , twelve months ' wages generally , and often much more , are retained ; and there has been besides at all times a large arrear of pay , which , though kept in ...
... parliament must be , and in consequence of the rules prescribed by that act , twelve months ' wages generally , and often much more , are retained ; and there has been besides at all times a large arrear of pay , which , though kept in ...
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... parliament voted £ 650,000 towards the discharge of the navy debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of bills carrying interest ; because part of the debt due on seamen's wages must have been paid , and some bills ...
... parliament voted £ 650,000 towards the discharge of the navy debt . This sum could not be applied solely to the discharge of bills carrying interest ; because part of the debt due on seamen's wages must have been paid , and some bills ...
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