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... PEERAGE . . 188 . 192 . 194 195 197 . 200 203 204 207 208 ib . 209 211 . 214 . 215 . 218 . 220 . 221 227 Progressive increase of the peerage prior to reign of George III . 229 Change in the character of the House by increase of numbers ...
... PEERAGE . . 188 . 192 . 194 195 197 . 200 203 204 207 208 ib . 209 211 . 214 . 215 . 218 . 220 . 221 227 Progressive increase of the peerage prior to reign of George III . 229 Change in the character of the House by increase of numbers ...
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... peerages of the three kingdoms Hereditary descent the characteristic of the peerage Life peerages The lords spiritual Attempts to exclude them from the House of Lords 235 · 237 238 241 • 242 • 243 249 250 Increased number of the House ...
... peerages of the three kingdoms Hereditary descent the characteristic of the peerage Life peerages The lords spiritual Attempts to exclude them from the House of Lords 235 · 237 238 241 • 242 • 243 249 250 Increased number of the House ...
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... peerage ; and others aspire to such an elevation . A peerage of the United Kingdom is an object of am- bition to the Scotch and Irish Peers . The Spiritual Lords owe their dignity to the Crown , and look up to the same source of power ...
... peerage ; and others aspire to such an elevation . A peerage of the United Kingdom is an object of am- bition to the Scotch and Irish Peers . The Spiritual Lords owe their dignity to the Crown , and look up to the same source of power ...
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... peerages , baronetcies , offices and pensions . Such rewards were openly given the consideration was avowed . There were other secret rewards of a grosser character , which need not here be noticed.2 Nor were constituents beyond the ...
... peerages , baronetcies , offices and pensions . Such rewards were openly given the consideration was avowed . There were other secret rewards of a grosser character , which need not here be noticed.2 Nor were constituents beyond the ...
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... peerage and the pension , and was the signal for cla- mours against the public favourite . On the retirement of Mr. Pitt , Lord Bute became the most influential of the ministers . He undertook the chief management of public affairs in ...
... peerage and the pension , and was the signal for cla- mours against the public favourite . On the retirement of Mr. Pitt , Lord Bute became the most influential of the ministers . He undertook the chief management of public affairs in ...
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Page 444 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 445 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...
Page 473 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation, the three estates of the realm are alike concerned; but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Page 154 - ... disconnecting the authority to command service, from the power of animating it by reward; and for allotting to the prince all the invidious duties of government, without the means of softening them to the public, by any one act of grace, favour, or benignity.
Page 218 - ... such persons only as have just claims on the royal beneficence, or who, by their personal services to the crown, by the performance of duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries in science, and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their Sovereign, and the gratitude of their country.
Page 451 - That the power of publishing such of its reports, votes, and proceedings as it shall deem necessary or conducive to the public interests is an essential incident to the constitutional functions of parliament, more especially of this house as the representative portion of it.
Page 493 - LORD, from the evil man ; and preserve me from the wicked man ; 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips.
Page 59 - That it is now necessary to declare that to report any opinion or pretended opinion of His Majesty upon any Bill or other proceeding depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the Members, is a high crime and misdemeanor, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
Page 181 - ... affixed to any instrument, unless a memorandum describing its object had been indorsed upon it, signed by the Lord Chancellor, the President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Secretaries of State, or any three of them. The seal was directed to be kept in the custody of one of these officers, and when used, was required to be attested by one or more of them.
Page 45 - ... that it is the duty of this House to provide, as far as may be, an immediate and effectual redress of the abuses complained of in the petitions presented to this House.