A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: 1741-1825Clarendon Press, 1875 - Great Britain |
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... Commons ; a dangerous circumstance ; and which , if it could have been foretold to our ancestors , even in the latter end of the last century , the predic- tion would have been rejected by them as chimerical , or , if be- lieved ...
... Commons ; a dangerous circumstance ; and which , if it could have been foretold to our ancestors , even in the latter end of the last century , the predic- tion would have been rejected by them as chimerical , or , if be- lieved ...
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... Commons has kept itself most untaintedly pure from such pollution , yet we think it necessary not to expose future Parliaments to such a trial , nor the Constitu- tion to the uncertainty of the decision . 3rdly , Because , though it ...
... Commons has kept itself most untaintedly pure from such pollution , yet we think it necessary not to expose future Parliaments to such a trial , nor the Constitu- tion to the uncertainty of the decision . 3rdly , Because , though it ...
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... Commons , and a new election of every person who , whilst he was a member of that House , should accept of any employment under the Crown ; as likewise a total ( we wish we could say an effectual ) exclusion of all persons holding ...
... Commons , and a new election of every person who , whilst he was a member of that House , should accept of any employment under the Crown ; as likewise a total ( we wish we could say an effectual ) exclusion of all persons holding ...
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... Commons for a secret Committee to inquire into the conduct of affairs at home and abroad for the last twenty years . This was lost by 244 to 242. But on the 23rd of March , a motion for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of the ...
... Commons for a secret Committee to inquire into the conduct of affairs at home and abroad for the last twenty years . This was lost by 244 to 242. But on the 23rd of March , a motion for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of the ...
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... Commons , to inquire into . A minister may be removed from his place , and not from his power ; he may be removed from both , and not from the favour of his Prince ; nay , he may be deprived of all three , and yet his successor may ...
... Commons , to inquire into . A minister may be removed from his place , and not from his power ; he may be removed from both , and not from the favour of his Prince ; nay , he may be deprived of all three , and yet his successor may ...
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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 234 - ... defendant or defendants of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such indictment or information.
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...