The Speeches of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan: To which is Added His Letter on the Union, with a Commentary on His Career and Character, Volume 2 |
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... Petition . Exhausted by the journey , he expired there . The best and noblest spirits in England gathered round his sons , and entreated that his remains should lie where Fox and Chatham are interred . His grave is in Westminster Abbey ...
... Petition . Exhausted by the journey , he expired there . The best and noblest spirits in England gathered round his sons , and entreated that his remains should lie where Fox and Chatham are interred . His grave is in Westminster Abbey ...
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... petition and appeal was lodged with the House of Lords of England , from the English society of the new plantation of Ulster , complaining of the Irish House of Lords , who had decided in a case between them and the Bishop of Derry ...
... petition and appeal was lodged with the House of Lords of England , from the English society of the new plantation of Ulster , complaining of the Irish House of Lords , who had decided in a case between them and the Bishop of Derry ...
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... Petition of Right , or that other that passed the Declaration of Right , are you afraid to tell that British Parliament you are a free people ? Are the cities and the instructing counties , who have breathed a spirit that would have ...
... Petition of Right , or that other that passed the Declaration of Right , are you afraid to tell that British Parliament you are a free people ? Are the cities and the instructing counties , who have breathed a spirit that would have ...
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... Petition of Right , Bill of Right , Revolution , and Act of Settlement . The King has no other title to bis crown than that which you have to your liberty ; both are founded , the throne and your freedom , upon the right vested in the ...
... Petition of Right , Bill of Right , Revolution , and Act of Settlement . The King has no other title to bis crown than that which you have to your liberty ; both are founded , the throne and your freedom , upon the right vested in the ...
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... petition of right , said that the statutes of the great charter and other franchises are conceived in general to be expounded , that is to say , to be done away , by precedents : but he lived to feel , in his own impeachment , the ...
... petition of right , said that the statutes of the great charter and other franchises are conceived in general to be expounded , that is to say , to be done away , by precedents : but he lived to feel , in his own impeachment , the ...
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Page 366 - ... and Wine into the Body and Blood of Christ at or after the Consecration thereof by any Person whatsoever : and that the Invocation or Adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other Saint, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 256 - Has he completely done? He was unparliamentary from the beginning to the end of his speech. There was scarce a word he uttered that was not a violation of the privileges of the House ; but I did not call him to order — why ? because the limited talents of some men render it impossible for them to be severe without being unparliamentary. But before I sit down I shall show him how to be severe and parliamentary at the same time.
Page 419 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Page 438 - The secretary stood alone. Modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating, the features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity. His august mind overawed majesty, and one of his sovereigns thought royalty so impaired in his presence that he conspired to remove him, in order to be relieved from his superiority.
Page 365 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment; as settled by law within this realm ; and I do solemnly swear, that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion, or Protestant Government, in the United Kingdom...
Page 176 - But if a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices, all tending the same way, make the design visible to the people...
Page 439 - ... not like the torrent of Demosthenes, or the splendid conflagration of Tully, it resembled sometimes the thunder, and sometimes the music of the spheres.
Page 286 - ... I see her in a swoon, but she is not dead — though in her tomb she lies helpless and motionless, still, there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on her cheek a glow of beauty — " 'Thou art not conquered : beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips, and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 369 - June 22, rose in the house of commons ; and after a most eloquent and energetic speech, moved " that this house will early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction...
Page 365 - Third, and to any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of these realms; and I do swear, that I do reject and detest, as...