Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 7William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1806 - Great Britain |
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... charge of " inca- " pacity and imbecility , " and this charge they must do away by obtaining a re - instatement at least , or they must know , that , by giving their support to Messrs . Canning and Pitt , they tacitly acknowledge the ...
... charge of " inca- " pacity and imbecility , " and this charge they must do away by obtaining a re - instatement at least , or they must know , that , by giving their support to Messrs . Canning and Pitt , they tacitly acknowledge the ...
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... charged with , and turned out for , incapacity and imbecility ; " and he must drag on a degraded life under that charge , unless he takes his full share in governing the country . Indeed , there is no appearance of any backwardness , on ...
... charged with , and turned out for , incapacity and imbecility ; " and he must drag on a degraded life under that charge , unless he takes his full share in governing the country . Indeed , there is no appearance of any backwardness , on ...
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... charge of disloyalty against Ca- tholics from a speculative tenet , common both to them and Protestants , excited senti- ments of surprise , compassion , and asto- nishment throughout the country . ( See the most singular and ...
... charge of disloyalty against Ca- tholics from a speculative tenet , common both to them and Protestants , excited senti- ments of surprise , compassion , and asto- nishment throughout the country . ( See the most singular and ...
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... charge of the military duties of the Protec- torate , may be learned from Sir J. Fortescue , who in his Treatise on the difference be- tween an Absolute and Limited Monarchy , ( cap . 17 ) tells us , " Sum Forester of the Kyngs , that ...
... charge of the military duties of the Protec- torate , may be learned from Sir J. Fortescue , who in his Treatise on the difference be- tween an Absolute and Limited Monarchy , ( cap . 17 ) tells us , " Sum Forester of the Kyngs , that ...
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... charge of the young king's person , and the care of his education , were committed by this Parliament to the Bishop ... charge . did be ever intend to meddle with any t about the King's persm , without the of the Privy Council . The ...
... charge of the young king's person , and the care of his education , were committed by this Parliament to the Bishop ... charge . did be ever intend to meddle with any t about the King's persm , without the of the Privy Council . The ...
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Page 641 - I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life...
Page 79 - ... ships, vessels and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and, according to the course of Admiralty, and the law of nations, to adjudge and condemn all such...
Page 639 - Nor was it uninteresting to the world, that an experiment should be fairly and fully made, whether freedom of discussion, unaided by power, is not sufficient for the propagation and protection of truth — whether a government, conducting itself in the true spirit of its constitution, with zeal and purity, and doing no act which it would be unwilling the whole world should witness, can be written down by falsehood and defamation.
Page 251 - An act for establishing and maintaining a permanent additional force for the defence of the realm, and to provide for augmenting his majesty's regular forces, and for the gradual reduction of the militia of England, so far as the same relates to the city of London.
Page 343 - That every person committed for treason or felony, shall, if he requires it, the first week of the next term, or the first day of the next session of oycr and terminer, be indicted in that term or session, or else admitted to bail, unless the king's witnesses cannot be produced at that time...
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Page 257 - I consider it as no disgrace to make the first step. I have, I hope, sufficiently proved to the world, that I fear none of the chances of war ; it, besides, presents nothing that I need to fear : peace is the wish of my heart, but war has never been inconsistent with my glory.
Page 79 - States-General, and bring the same to judgment in any of the Courts of Admiralty within his Majesty's dominions. And to that end, his Majesty's Advocate-General, with the Advocate of...
Page 341 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree, the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful.