A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: 1741-1825Clarendon Press, 1875 - Great Britain |
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... House cannot conceive the intended augmentation of land forces to be necessary , either from the present situation of affairs in Europe , or from any lights they have received ; such as have always been thought necessary by our ...
... House cannot conceive the intended augmentation of land forces to be necessary , either from the present situation of affairs in Europe , or from any lights they have received ; such as have always been thought necessary by our ...
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... House of Commons ; a dangerous circumstance ; and which , if it could have been foretold to our ancestors , even in ... House of Commons ; for such a supposition would be equally conclusive against all the Acts of Parliament now in force ...
... House of Commons ; a dangerous circumstance ; and which , if it could have been foretold to our ancestors , even in ... House of Commons ; for such a supposition would be equally conclusive against all the Acts of Parliament now in force ...
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... House of Austria to its former condition of influence , dominion , and strength , is an object quite unattainable by the arms of Great Britain alone . And for the attaining of which , no other Power has joined , or is likely to join ...
... House of Austria to its former condition of influence , dominion , and strength , is an object quite unattainable by the arms of Great Britain alone . And for the attaining of which , no other Power has joined , or is likely to join ...
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... houses , at a scale graduated according to rent , was laid before the House of Commons as early as 1712 by a Mr. Phipps . See Bromley's Papers , Bodleian Library , vol . iii , Nos . 139 , 180 . The following protest , headed by the ...
... houses , at a scale graduated according to rent , was laid before the House of Commons as early as 1712 by a Mr. Phipps . See Bromley's Papers , Bodleian Library , vol . iii , Nos . 139 , 180 . The following protest , headed by the ...
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... House to suppress all authentic information of the pernicious effects on the health and morals of mankind , which will necessarily flow from the unrestrained licentiousness permitted by this Bill . 3rdly , Because as it is the inherent ...
... House to suppress all authentic information of the pernicious effects on the health and morals of mankind , which will necessarily flow from the unrestrained licentiousness permitted by this Bill . 3rdly , Because as it is the inherent ...
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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...