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... bring before them any topic which could create a difference of opinion , or which could tend to prevent that unani- mity so desirable at the present moment . That unanimity must be desirable to their lordships , from every circumstance ...
... bring before them any topic which could create a difference of opinion , or which could tend to prevent that unani- mity so desirable at the present moment . That unanimity must be desirable to their lordships , from every circumstance ...
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... bringing them back to a sense of that duty from which they had been induced to swerve . The no- ble marquis had ... bring of- fenders against the law to the condign pu- The address was then put , and carried nem . diss . PETITION OF ...
... bringing them back to a sense of that duty from which they had been induced to swerve . The no- ble marquis had ... bring of- fenders against the law to the condign pu- The address was then put , and carried nem . diss . PETITION OF ...
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... bring this important subject under our consider- ation ; and to assure his majesty , that we shall not fail to enter upon it with corres- ponding feelings of loyalty and attach- ment to his person and government : -To make our most ...
... bring this important subject under our consider- ation ; and to assure his majesty , that we shall not fail to enter upon it with corres- ponding feelings of loyalty and attach- ment to his person and government : -To make our most ...
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... bring in a bill to disfranchise the borough or Grampound , and to transfer the elective franchise to the borough of Leeds . He also begged leave to say , that in the course of the session he in- tended to submit to the House a motion ...
... bring in a bill to disfranchise the borough or Grampound , and to transfer the elective franchise to the borough of Leeds . He also begged leave to say , that in the course of the session he in- tended to submit to the House a motion ...
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... bring it under their notice . If they would not come forward and move the House to take away this fund altogether , and vest it in parlia- ment , as it ought to be vested , and as all other public funds of this nature were * vested - if ...
... bring it under their notice . If they would not come forward and move the House to take away this fund altogether , and vest it in parlia- ment , as it ought to be vested , and as all other public funds of this nature were * vested - if ...
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Page 859 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Page 871 - That an humble address be presented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty the thanks of this House for his most gracious message to this House, signified by His Grace the Lord-lieutenant.
Page 549 - Man, like the generous vine, supported lives; The strength he gains is from the embrace he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the sun ; So two consistent motions act the soul; And one regards itself, and one the whole. Thus God and Nature link'd the general frame, And bade self-love and social be the same.
Page 633 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of...
Page 557 - ... would not receive British manufactures in return, it appeared to him futile and ungrounded. If they did not send direct for our manufactures at home, they would send for them to Leipsic and other fairs of Germany. Were not the Russian and Polish merchants purchasers there to a great amount ? But he would never admit the principle, that a trade was not profitable because we were obliged to carry it on with the precious metals, or that we ought to renounce it because our manufactures were not received...
Page 179 - ... that the prevailing prejudices in favour of the protective or restrictive system may be traced to the erroneous supposition that every importation of foreign commodities occasions a diminution or discouragement of our own productions to the same extent; whereas, it may be clearly shown, that although the particular description of production which could not stand against unrestrained foreign competition would be discouraged; yet, as no importation could be continued for any length of time without...
Page 181 - As long as the necessity for the present amount of revenue subsists, your petitioners cannot expect so important a branch of it as the Customs to be given up, nor to be materially diminished, unless some substitute, less objectionable, be suggested.
Page 179 - That among the other evils of the restrictive or protective system, not the least is, that the artificial protection of one branch of industry, or source of protection against foreign competition, is set up as a ground of claim by other branches for...
Page 179 - ... freedom from restraint is calculated to give the utmost extension to foreign trade, and the best direction to the capital and industry of the country...
Page 549 - was more true than this: that it was by growing what the territory of a country could grow most cheaply, and by receiving from other countries what it could not produce except at too great an expense, that the greatest degree of happiness was to be communicated to the greatest extent of population.