Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: (Several Corrected by Himself)P. Martin, 1816 - Great Britain |
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... tion , to offer his propositions respecting the police of Westminster . He began with saying , that if he had presumed to offer his sentiments to the house on this subject at the opening of parliament , he should have felt the necessity ...
... tion , to offer his propositions respecting the police of Westminster . He began with saying , that if he had presumed to offer his sentiments to the house on this subject at the opening of parliament , he should have felt the necessity ...
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... tion of the sovereign ; but this was a species of liberty which he trusted would never disgrace an English soil . The liberty that rested on the virtu- ous inclinations of any one man , was but suspended despotism ; the sword was not ...
... tion of the sovereign ; but this was a species of liberty which he trusted would never disgrace an English soil . The liberty that rested on the virtu- ous inclinations of any one man , was but suspended despotism ; the sword was not ...
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... tion . He said his honorable friend , who brought in the bill ( Mr. Fox ) , appeared not to be aware , that if he carried the clause , enabling girls to marry at sixteen , he would do an injury to that liberty of which he had always ...
... tion . He said his honorable friend , who brought in the bill ( Mr. Fox ) , appeared not to be aware , that if he carried the clause , enabling girls to marry at sixteen , he would do an injury to that liberty of which he had always ...
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... tion of the intentions of government to continue the prosecution of the American war to the last extremity , notwithstanding the despe- rate situation of our affairs ; and an address , framed in the usual form , was moved by Mr ...
... tion of the intentions of government to continue the prosecution of the American war to the last extremity , notwithstanding the despe- rate situation of our affairs ; and an address , framed in the usual form , was moved by Mr ...
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... tion and character , was supposed to have an influence on country gentlemen . He reprobated the paltry subterfuge of ministers , in their having expressed and wished for a truce ; and was confident that every thinking man in the house ...
... tion and character , was supposed to have an influence on country gentlemen . He reprobated the paltry subterfuge of ministers , in their having expressed and wished for a truce ; and was confident that every thinking man in the house ...
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Page 376 - ... never did happen in any way whatsoever, and had from the beginning been a base and malicious falsehood.
Page 47 - But this was not the proper scene for the exhibition of these elegancies ; and he therefore must beg leave to call the attention of the house to the serious consideration of the very important question before them.
Page 27 - Parliament, as a privy councillor, as a private gentleman, he had always detested the American War as much as any man, but that he had never been able to persuade the paymaster that it was a bad war : and, unfortunately, in whatever character he spoke, it was the paymaster who always voted in that House.
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