Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 16R. Bagshaw, 1809 - Great Britain |
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... interests , taxes ; but the we does not apply to the not to see , that a Reform would be a good | people , who are compelled to pay the thing ? I know that we shall be told , that share of the parsons and their own share it is not Sir ...
... interests , taxes ; but the we does not apply to the not to see , that a Reform would be a good | people , who are compelled to pay the thing ? I know that we shall be told , that share of the parsons and their own share it is not Sir ...
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... interests . 4. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to G L. Wardie , esq . for his having instituted the late Inquiry , in the liouse of Commons , relative to the Conduct of the Commander in Chief , and for the firm- ness which he ...
... interests . 4. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to G L. Wardie , esq . for his having instituted the late Inquiry , in the liouse of Commons , relative to the Conduct of the Commander in Chief , and for the firm- ness which he ...
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... interest as well as by the power of his arms and of his civil and political estab- lishments ; that we are unable , with all our endless list of ships , to counteract the operations of signal posts , defended each by a couple of ...
... interest as well as by the power of his arms and of his civil and political estab- lishments ; that we are unable , with all our endless list of ships , to counteract the operations of signal posts , defended each by a couple of ...
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... interest , that all - powerful stimulus , will never sufler a nation consisting , in great part , of those who are styled usurp ers of the soil , to permit any thing which shall expose them to the chance , however small , of being ...
... interest , that all - powerful stimulus , will never sufler a nation consisting , in great part , of those who are styled usurp ers of the soil , to permit any thing which shall expose them to the chance , however small , of being ...
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... interest and honour of the French nation are like- ly to be sacrificed to the interests of any hungry individual or greedy family ; see- ing no proof that the war against Austria has been fomented and kept up for the purpose of ...
... interest and honour of the French nation are like- ly to be sacrificed to the interests of any hungry individual or greedy family ; see- ing no proof that the war against Austria has been fomented and kept up for the purpose of ...
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Popular passages
Page 885 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 883 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 883 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 883 - Imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this Kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the Crown of England, without the consent of Parliament.
Page 627 - His hand is against every man; and every man's hand is against him.
Page 883 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 603 - This slowness and aversion in the people to quit their old constitutions, has in the many revolutions which have been seen in this kingdom in this and former ages, still kept us to, or, after some interval of fruitless attempts, still brought us back again to our old legislative of king, lords, and commons; and whatever provocations have made the crown be taken from some of our princes...
Page 883 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12. That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void; 13.
Page 881 - Whereas the late King James the Second, by the assistance of divers evil counsellors, judges, and ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion, and the laws and liberties of this kingdom : 1.
Page 885 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...