Annual Register, Volume 71Edmund Burke 1830 - History |
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Page 93
... took the Oath and Declaration ? Why they brought into operation the law against recusancy , which pro- hibited persons convicted of recu- sancy from coming within ten miles of the cities of London and Westminster , and thus effectual ...
... took the Oath and Declaration ? Why they brought into operation the law against recusancy , which pro- hibited persons convicted of recu- sancy from coming within ten miles of the cities of London and Westminster , and thus effectual ...
Page 94
... took ad- vantage of this ; but it so happened that throughout the Bill of Rights this was the only passage the con- struction of which was hostile to the Roman Catholics ; and this was the only passage in it which had been repealed . It ...
... took ad- vantage of this ; but it so happened that throughout the Bill of Rights this was the only passage the con- struction of which was hostile to the Roman Catholics ; and this was the only passage in it which had been repealed . It ...
Page 95
... took to watch one election which took place in Ireland in the course of last summer , -when I knew the consequences which a dissolution would produce on the return to the House of Commons , to say nothing of the risks which must have ...
... took to watch one election which took place in Ireland in the course of last summer , -when I knew the consequences which a dissolution would produce on the return to the House of Commons , to say nothing of the risks which must have ...
Page 104
... took certain oaths , which oaths involved an abjuration of popery . If a per- son , known and believed to be a Catholic , could bring himself to take these oaths , and abjure his re- ligion , he was entitled to take his seat . Mr. O ...
... took certain oaths , which oaths involved an abjuration of popery . If a per- son , known and believed to be a Catholic , could bring himself to take these oaths , and abjure his re- ligion , he was entitled to take his seat . Mr. O ...
Page 105
... took place between them , which the clerk communicated to the Speaker , who immediately addressed the House : " It is my duty to state , if I have been correctly informed , that the course , which the honour- able member has proposed to ...
... took place between them , which the clerk communicated to the Speaker , who immediately addressed the House : " It is my duty to state , if I have been correctly informed , that the course , which the honour- able member has proposed to ...
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Page 300 - Subject,' is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
Page 16 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 15 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
Page 16 - ... bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 15 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 300 - I do swear, that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws ; and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm...
Page 410 - Officer with a view to public benefits; and when these require his removal, they are not to be sacrificed to private interests. It is the People, and they alone, who have a right to complain, when a bad Officer is substituted for a good one. He who is removed has the same means of obtaining a living, that are enjoyed by the millions who never held Office.
Page viii - You will consider whether the removal of those disabilities can be effected consistently with the full and permanent security of our establishments in Church and State, with the maintenance of the reformed religion established by law, and of the rights and privileges of the bishops and of the clergy of this realm, and of the churches committed to their charge.
Page 324 - Majesty's subjects ; every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or out-house, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a good account of himself or herself...
Page 409 - The duties of all public offices are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance; and I can not but believe that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience.