Memoirs of the life of colonel Warle; with the public spirit of 1809 as dispalyed in the patriotic proceedings |
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... never would have been expelled . The honour- able Baronet then adverted to the adoption of standing armies , as being dangerous to the liber- tics of the country , inimical to its interests , and subversive of the Constitution . From ...
... never would have been expelled . The honour- able Baronet then adverted to the adoption of standing armies , as being dangerous to the liber- tics of the country , inimical to its interests , and subversive of the Constitution . From ...
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... never was a fuller attendance of members . The crowd below the bar was exces- sive ; the heat was rendered almost insupportable , partly owing to a large fire ; so that the heat and pressure of the people made it as difficult to get in ...
... never was a fuller attendance of members . The crowd below the bar was exces- sive ; the heat was rendered almost insupportable , partly owing to a large fire ; so that the heat and pressure of the people made it as difficult to get in ...
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William Hamilton Reid. Lord Folkstone , and may the generous fervor of public opinion never subside until our grievances are redressed . Mr. Whitbread , the powerful advocate of reform . Mr. Alderman Combe , and may we never in future be ...
William Hamilton Reid. Lord Folkstone , and may the generous fervor of public opinion never subside until our grievances are redressed . Mr. Whitbread , the powerful advocate of reform . Mr. Alderman Combe , and may we never in future be ...
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... never escape , " Although he comes forth in a - tangible shape . " ' Gainst the Hero these locusts made sure of the day ; But , fast as they came , still he brush'd them away , Till one , in whose face you Corruption might spy ...
... never escape , " Although he comes forth in a - tangible shape . " ' Gainst the Hero these locusts made sure of the day ; But , fast as they came , still he brush'd them away , Till one , in whose face you Corruption might spy ...
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... never did make any such acknowledgment to them , but the credit I did at- tribute to them I will now state to you . Upon the second day of the Inquiry , being exhausted both in mind and body , I expressed a wish that the business might ...
... never did make any such acknowledgment to them , but the credit I did at- tribute to them I will now state to you . Upon the second day of the Inquiry , being exhausted both in mind and body , I expressed a wish that the business might ...
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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