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... exist . What was it , he would ask , that cost the Stuarts their abdication ? -Want of ma- nagement . If those unfortunate monarchs had known how to manage their Parliaments , they never would have been expelled . The honour- able ...
... exist . What was it , he would ask , that cost the Stuarts their abdication ? -Want of ma- nagement . If those unfortunate monarchs had known how to manage their Parliaments , they never would have been expelled . The honour- able ...
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... exist in a very great degree , he compared it to the monster represented as feeding on the liver of Promotheus , which , as he gnawed , the larger it grew ; so the monster corruption fattened and grew upon the heart of the people ...
... exist in a very great degree , he compared it to the monster represented as feeding on the liver of Promotheus , which , as he gnawed , the larger it grew ; so the monster corruption fattened and grew upon the heart of the people ...
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... exist in the representation in the House of Commons ; and that was the rea- son why we trusted those gentlemen . It was clearly shewn , that you were bought and sold just like so many sheep and heifers ; and the gentle- man who brought ...
... exist in the representation in the House of Commons ; and that was the rea- son why we trusted those gentlemen . It was clearly shewn , that you were bought and sold just like so many sheep and heifers ; and the gentle- man who brought ...
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... exists the great and efficient cause of that profligacy of manners amongst so many in high life ; of that corrupt disposal of offices ; of that endless train of unpunished peculations ; of that squandering of our earnings and incomes ...
... exists the great and efficient cause of that profligacy of manners amongst so many in high life ; of that corrupt disposal of offices ; of that endless train of unpunished peculations ; of that squandering of our earnings and incomes ...
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... exist in the grant of commissions and appointments in the army , no less disgraceful to the character of the late Commander - in - chief , as a soldier , than ruinous to the public service . That Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle , Esq . is entitled ...
... exist in the grant of commissions and appointments in the army , no less disgraceful to the character of the late Commander - in - chief , as a soldier , than ruinous to the public service . That Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle , Esq . is entitled ...
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adopted approbation April Bart Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough censure chair Chairman Cobbett Colonel Wardle Common Hall conduct Constitution corrupt practices COUNTY MEETING Crown declared drank Duke of York duty effectual endeavours exertions express favour feel firm freeholders friends G. L. Wardle gentlemen Glasgow gratitude Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle High Sheriff honest honour House of Commons independent inhabitants Jacobin King KINGSTON UPON HULL late Commander-in-chief late inquiry late investigation Lord Castlereagh Lord Folkstone Lord Viscount Milton Mayor meeting be given meeting was held Mellish ment Ministers minority of 125 nation observed occasion opinion Parlia patriotic perseverance persons Peter Grant Powlett present proposed proved public abuses quiry Reform in Parliament Renfrew County representation representatives requisition resolutions respect Royal Highness Samuel Whitbread Sir Francis Burdett speech Thomas Thomas Turton three times three tion toast virtue Viscount Mahon voted Waithman Wardle's motion Whitbread William William Wilberforce worthy
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Page 120 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or received a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 140 - Ministers, in the election of Members of Parliament ; that, by the same great standard of our liberties, it is declared that the election of Members of Parliament ought to be free...
Page 119 - And in this manner, according to the present state of the representation, two hundred and ninetyfour of your honourable members are chosen, and, being a majority of the entire house of commons, are enabled to decide all questions in the name of the whole people of England and Scotland.
Page 121 - That so long as the People shall not be fairly represented, corruption will increase; our debts and taxes will accumulate ; our resources will be dissipated ; the native energy of the People will be depressed ; and the country deprived of its best defence against foreign foes. 12. That to remedy the great and glaring evils of which we complain, it is not necessary to have recourse...
Page 55 - Wednesday Morning, Feb. 1st, 1809." " Dear Sir, " I yesterday saw Mr. Wardle ; he " had a letter yesterday from your " friend Glass, begging him not to take " any business in hand, where his name " is mentioned : and he asks for you "also. He was Tutor to Wardle. "Now Mr. Wardle assures me, by " every thing honourable, that if you " speak candidly. and fairly to the fact