Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810 |
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... moved by his private vices , nor by his public merits . In his person , though he were the worst of men , I contend for the safety and security of the best ; and , God forbid , my Lords , that there should be a power in this country of ...
... moved by his private vices , nor by his public merits . In his person , though he were the worst of men , I contend for the safety and security of the best ; and , God forbid , my Lords , that there should be a power in this country of ...
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... moved for fixing a day to take into consideration the state of the nation . * The object of his Lordship's speech was to shew , that the present unhappy condition of affairs , and the universal discontent of the people , did not arise ...
... moved for fixing a day to take into consideration the state of the nation . * The object of his Lordship's speech was to shew , that the present unhappy condition of affairs , and the universal discontent of the people , did not arise ...
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... moved , That the House of Commons , in the exercise of its judicature in mat- ters of election , is bound to judge according to the law of the land , and the known and established law and custom of Parliament , which is part thereof ...
... moved , That the House of Commons , in the exercise of its judicature in mat- ters of election , is bound to judge according to the law of the land , and the known and established law and custom of Parliament , which is part thereof ...
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... moved , that Lord CHATHAM'S words should be taken down . Lord CHATHAM seconded the motion , and added , ' I neither deny , retract , nor explain these words . I do re - affirm the fact , and I desire to meet the sense of the House ; I ...
... moved , that Lord CHATHAM'S words should be taken down . Lord CHATHAM seconded the motion , and added , ' I neither deny , retract , nor explain these words . I do re - affirm the fact , and I desire to meet the sense of the House ; I ...
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... moved , That the said Bill be read a second time , on Thursday next ; which being warmly objected to by Lord DENBIGH , Lord CHATHAM replied , the noble Lord has been loud and violent against this motion . He seems to be very angry with ...
... moved , That the said Bill be read a second time , on Thursday next ; which being warmly objected to by Lord DENBIGH , Lord CHATHAM replied , the noble Lord has been loud and violent against this motion . He seems to be very angry with ...
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Страница 269 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Страница 314 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Страница 302 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Страница 275 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Страница 303 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
Страница 268 - ... to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating, disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becoming your exalted situation, make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness; for that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede, is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. It reconciles superiority of power with the feelings...
Страница 268 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Страница 302 - You may swell every expence, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German Prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign Prince ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which...
Страница 240 - Robert had heard them all he assured them that he was conscious of having meant well ; that in the present inflamed temper of the people the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force...
Страница 316 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.