History of the Westminster and Middlesex Elections in the Month of November, 1806 |
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... mean to insinuate , for I do not feel , that either of these gallant officers is not a very fit object of any honour or professional reward or emolument , which their country could bestow upon them ; but this is the only situation , -I mean ...
... mean to insinuate , for I do not feel , that either of these gallant officers is not a very fit object of any honour or professional reward or emolument , which their country could bestow upon them ; but this is the only situation , -I mean ...
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... means but those of the independent exertion , by the uncorrupt and energetic support , of a popular Election , such as yours , and to which I say , he has a right to look for support ; nor do I know where he can look with such well ...
... means but those of the independent exertion , by the uncorrupt and energetic support , of a popular Election , such as yours , and to which I say , he has a right to look for support ; nor do I know where he can look with such well ...
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... means within our power to secure " his election , and therein to do all that rests " with us to preserve our country ... mean an appeal to you for a seat in parliament . I certainly had no intention to offer myself to the Electors of ...
... means within our power to secure " his election , and therein to do all that rests " with us to preserve our country ... mean an appeal to you for a seat in parliament . I certainly had no intention to offer myself to the Electors of ...
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... mean sir Francis Burdett . - I can only add , that if I am returned for this City to parliament , I will attend my duty as I have always done ; and as I have no doubt my friend ( sir Francis Burdett ) will be returned , I shall be proud ...
... mean sir Francis Burdett . - I can only add , that if I am returned for this City to parliament , I will attend my duty as I have always done ; and as I have no doubt my friend ( sir Francis Burdett ) will be returned , I shall be proud ...
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... mean while , it is sufficient to specify , that sir Samuel Hood stands arraigned of having concurred with Colonel Picton in committing acts of illegality and aggres- sion against British subjects under his protection ; and that he ...
... mean while , it is sufficient to specify , that sir Samuel Hood stands arraigned of having concurred with Colonel Picton in committing acts of illegality and aggres- sion against British subjects under his protection ; and that he ...
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againſt answer applause approbation assertion baronet beg leave Byng called calumny canvass cause Chairman character City of Westminster Cobbett Committee conduct confidence Constitution contest County of Middlesex Court Candidates Covent-Garden Crown and Anchor declared drunk Duke of Northumberland duty Election Electors of Westminster endeavour enemies exertions expence favour feel forward Freeholders friends gallant Gentlemen hear honour hope House of Commons Hustings independent Electors JAMES PAULL King letter liberty lord lord Wellesley major Cartwright meeting Mellish Middlesex minister Morning Chronicle moſt muſt Navy never numbers object occasion opponents Parliament party patriotic person Peter Moore placemen pledge political poll present principles professions proposed R. B. Sheridan Representative respect RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN ridan shew ſhould Sir F Sir Francis Burdett sir Samuel Hood speech suffrages thanks thing tion tlemen toast Treasurer triumph votes Wellesley Whitbread wish
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Page 441 - 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 440 - Whiibre;x<Ts sentiments, have likewise been recently paraded by Mr. Windham, Secretary of State ; by Mr Tierney, Chairman of the Board of Controul ; by Mr. Sheridan, Treasurer of the Navy ; and are now held, I presume, as the political creed of the whole party. — Gentlemen, in that act of Parliament (12 and 13 Will. 3.) which gave the throne of these kingdoms to his present Majesty, and his family, entitled — " An act for the " further limitation of the crown, and " better securing the rights...
Page 72 - and " Rule Britannia ;" whilst at the other end of the scene, parties of Mr. Sheridan's friends were preceded by a posse of Hibernians from the purlieus of St. Giles's armed with cudgels roaring " Sheridan for ever ! ' Then follows a genuine little bit of English electioneering. ' A banner-bearer carrying at the top of a long pole a cabbage, surmounted by a smoothing iron, such as is generally used by tailors. Next followed a man dressed in the character of an ape borne upon a...
Page 307 - ... anxious to obtrude on the " notice of the public Mr. Paull's praises of me, and still more reluctant " to assist in circulating a very coarse, though impotent, attack on the " Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy. And as to Mr. Cobbett, " I must again beg leave to differ from the committee. Believe me there " can be no use in continuing to detect and expose the gross and scurri" lous untruths which his nature, his habits, and his cause, compel him
Page 312 - Whenever the leaders of contending parties and factions in a State unite, the history of the world bears evidence, that it never is in favour, but always at the expence of the people ; whose renewed and augmeated pillage pays the scandalous price of the reconciliation.
Page 131 - The Son of an obscure Irish Player, a profession formerly proscribed by our laws; and its followers by various statutes stigmatized as incorrigible rogues and vagabonds. — Possessed of a considerable portion of ribaldry, disgusting obscenity, and dissoluteness of manners, this Harlequin Son of a Mountebank Father was indulged by some few of the depraved Nobility of the age with admission into their society, as a kind of hired Jester, whose grossness of conversation was calculated to stimulate their...
Page 302 - ... a shout of indignant surprise ; and this unusual clamour, in which every voice had been strained to its utmost, being followed by a short interval of comparative silence, a man, from the middle of the crowd, in a very distinct voice, uttered the following words: "Hear! hear! hear!
Page 441 - Whitbread's judgment upon us who hold this opinion, is indeed something milder : he only concludes us to be either fools or rogues — 'either we have not the power or the will to reason upon its consequences.
Page 305 - The people," of whom they talk, as huzzaers, consisted of the play-actors, scene-shifters, candle-snuffers, and mutes of the Theatre, aided by a pretty numerous bevy of those unfortunate females, who are, in some sort, inmates of that mansion.
Page 338 - To reason with such a man would be absurd : he must be treated with silent contempt, or be combatted with weapons very different from a pen.