The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 13J. Ballantyne and Company, 1823 - Europe |
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... King's Message to Parliament . Debates in both Houses . Delay . Unsuccessful Negociation . Resolutions moved by Mr Wilberforce . Rejected by the Queen , · 113 CHAP . VII . TRIAL OF THE QUEEN . Remonstrances against the Mode of ...
... King's Message to Parliament . Debates in both Houses . Delay . Unsuccessful Negociation . Resolutions moved by Mr Wilberforce . Rejected by the Queen , · 113 CHAP . VII . TRIAL OF THE QUEEN . Remonstrances against the Mode of ...
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... King should display . That principle , the necessary basis of a li- mited monarchy , which imposes upon ministers all the responsibility of pub- lic measures , vests in them the actual direction of these measures , and esta- blishes the ...
... King should display . That principle , the necessary basis of a li- mited monarchy , which imposes upon ministers all the responsibility of pub- lic measures , vests in them the actual direction of these measures , and esta- blishes the ...
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... King and Mi- nisters are a subject open to whispers and conjectures , and are usually moulded by each party ... King's per- sonal influence , it was surely a cause which interested , too strongly , all the feelings of royalty , to render ...
... King and Mi- nisters are a subject open to whispers and conjectures , and are usually moulded by each party ... King's per- sonal influence , it was surely a cause which interested , too strongly , all the feelings of royalty , to render ...
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... King really had somewhat of a de- termined will . It is already admitted , that the machine of a limited monar- chyworks more conveniently when the King quietly leaves the chief direction of affairs to his responsible advisers . But ...
... King really had somewhat of a de- termined will . It is already admitted , that the machine of a limited monar- chyworks more conveniently when the King quietly leaves the chief direction of affairs to his responsible advisers . But ...
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... King's dutiful affection for a partner possess- ed rather of solid than engaging qua- lities , and his strict attention to the education of a numerous progeny , were equally exemplary . At eight in the morning he regularly attended di ...
... King's dutiful affection for a partner possess- ed rather of solid than engaging qua- lities , and his strict attention to the education of a numerous progeny , were equally exemplary . At eight in the morning he regularly attended di ...
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Page 126 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 145 - For any meeting whatsoever of great numbers of people, with such circumstances of terror as cannot but endanger the public peace, and raise fears and jealousies among the king's subjects...
Page 332 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page 119 - The King thinks it necessary, in consequence of the arrival of the Queen, to communicate to the House of Lords certain papers respecting the conduct of her majesty since her departure from this kingdom, which he recommends to the immediate and serious attention of this House.
Page 435 - That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the dearest, which regulates every merchant in his individual dealings, is strictly applicable as the best rule for the trade of the whole nation.
Page 160 - Parliament — derogatory from the dignity of the Crown — and injurious to the best interests of the empire.
Page 188 - ... that the laws which concern public right, policy and civil government may be made the same throughout the whole United Kingdom, but that no alteration be made in laws which concern private right, except for evident utility of the subjects within Scotland.
Page 347 - In the face of the Sovereign, the Parliament, and the Country, she solemnly protests against the formation of a Secret Tribunal to examine documents privately prepared by her adversaries, as a proceeding unknown to the law of the land, and a flagrant violation of all the principles of justice.
Page 304 - Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life, unto his divine mercy, the late most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch William the Fourth, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter ; King of Hanover, and Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh.
Page 440 - The primitive christians, it is said, walked in the fear of God, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost.