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... Houfe , for I profefs to God , my Lords , that I have frequently gone from this Houfe fo ftunned and dumb - founded with affignats and mandats , that I have not been able to re- turn to my repofc . But Monfieur de Calonne fays , with ...
... Houfe , for I profefs to God , my Lords , that I have frequently gone from this Houfe fo ftunned and dumb - founded with affignats and mandats , that I have not been able to re- turn to my repofc . But Monfieur de Calonne fays , with ...
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... Houfe , by with- drawing his motion , he could not but exprefs his difapprobation . of the conduct of Minifters , in their total difregard of all order , of the dignity and privileges of that Houfe , and of their duty to their country ...
... Houfe , by with- drawing his motion , he could not but exprefs his difapprobation . of the conduct of Minifters , in their total difregard of all order , of the dignity and privileges of that Houfe , and of their duty to their country ...
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... Houfe in the Houfe of Peers . Accordingly the Speaker , accompanied by all the Members prefent , went up to the Houfe of Lords to hear his Majesty's Speech read . Between four and five o'clock , the Speaker informed the House that his ...
... Houfe in the Houfe of Peers . Accordingly the Speaker , accompanied by all the Members prefent , went up to the Houfe of Lords to hear his Majesty's Speech read . Between four and five o'clock , the Speaker informed the House that his ...
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... Houfe to the Houfe of Peers , and during the whole of their par- liamentary conduct , fo far as he had any knowledge , and he had no doubt but he fhould he fupported in his declaration by a con- fiderable majority of the Gentlemen ...
... Houfe to the Houfe of Peers , and during the whole of their par- liamentary conduct , fo far as he had any knowledge , and he had no doubt but he fhould he fupported in his declaration by a con- fiderable majority of the Gentlemen ...
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... Houfe , that both from public and private motives , he confidered the lofs of fuch a man as one of the greatest which this country had ever fuftained ; that the pe- riod of life when he was removed from the world , promifed that he ...
... Houfe , that both from public and private motives , he confidered the lofs of fuch a man as one of the greatest which this country had ever fuftained ; that the pe- riod of life when he was removed from the world , promifed that he ...
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Page 216 - House has met before that day, or will meet on the day of the issue), issue his warrant to the clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for electing another member in the room of the member whose seat has so become vacant.
Page 144 - I do know instances of men being picketed in Ireland till they fainted ; when they recovered, picketed again till they fainted ; recovered again, and again picketed, till they fainted a third time ; and, this, in order to extort from the tortured sufferers a confession, either of their own guilt, or of the guilt of their neighbours.
Page 142 - ... consequence of a presumption that the person who was the unfortunate object of such oppression was in hostility to the Government ; and yet that has been done in a part of the country as quiet and as free from disturbance as the city of London. Who states these things, my lords, should, I know, be prepared with proofs. I am prepared with them. Many of the circumstances I know of my own knowledge ; others I have received from such channels as will not permit me to hesitate one moment in giving...
Page 142 - I have seen the most wanton insults practised upon men of all ranks and conditions. I have seen the most grievous oppressions exercised, in consequence of a presumption that the person who was the unfortunate object of such oppression was in hostility to the Government ; and yet that has been done in a part of the country as quiet and as free from disturbance as the city of London.
Page 569 - A neglect of this, the most important of all parliamentary duties, must produce, and in our opinions it has already produced, consequences the most fatal to the dignity of the nation, the stability of the government, and the interests of the people. In the unconditional compliance with the demands of the executive government again proposed as the remedy, we perceive the real and fatal source of the evil. Year after year his Majesty's ministers have grounded their application to Parliament Upon the...
Page 51 - I have now the affliction of finding, that whatever I had apprehended from it has been very much exceeded by its effects, in raifing the infolence and audacity of the enemy, and in breaking down that fpirit and energy of government which can alone work out our fafety in this awful juncture, or give dignity and glory to our fall.
Page 51 - Houfe from being implicated in approving a negotiation, of which we know little more than that it has drawn down new calamities and indignities, new injuries and outrages on his Majefty and his people. Of thefe indeed too much is already known His...
Page 138 - Bofton," which was read a firft time, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday next.
Page 567 - I have thus particularly adverted to the parliamentary debut of the noble Lord, because it is by no means improbable, advanced in years and infirm in body as he is, that his speech of last session, to which I have also particularly alluded, may be among the last, if not the last, which...
Page 51 - On our fide, it is avowed that there was a departure from all the rules of common prudence, by...