Annual Register, Volume 94Edmund Burke 1853 - History |
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... oaths taken at the table of the House was not such as could be consistently maintained . This Bill , therefore ... oath of abjuration - a matter utterly unconnected with the subject of Par- liamentary reform , and he trusted that ...
... oaths taken at the table of the House was not such as could be consistently maintained . This Bill , therefore ... oath of abjuration - a matter utterly unconnected with the subject of Par- liamentary reform , and he trusted that ...
Page 369
... oaths , omitting from the oath of abjuration the words " on the true faith of a Christian ; " and although the House adopted a resolution that he could not sit in the House " until he had taken the oath of abjuration in the form ...
... oaths , omitting from the oath of abjuration the words " on the true faith of a Christian ; " and although the House adopted a resolution that he could not sit in the House " until he had taken the oath of abjuration in the form ...
Page 371
... oath of abjuration itself is contained in the statute 6th George III . chap . 53 , sect . 1 ; but in order to ascer- tain its true construction , it must be considered together and in connection with the statute 1st George I. stat . 2 ...
... oath of abjuration itself is contained in the statute 6th George III . chap . 53 , sect . 1 ; but in order to ascer- tain its true construction , it must be considered together and in connection with the statute 1st George I. stat . 2 ...
Page 373
... oath of abjuration was imposed . The ordinary rule for the construction of statutes is that laid down in Haydn's case ( 3 Coke's Reports ) , viz . : -First , as- certain what was the common law ; secondly , what was the mischief for ...
... oath of abjuration was imposed . The ordinary rule for the construction of statutes is that laid down in Haydn's case ( 3 Coke's Reports ) , viz . : -First , as- certain what was the common law ; secondly , what was the mischief for ...
Page 374
... oath of abjuration , and as a natural and legal consequence , as it seems to me , to take it in a manner and form binding upon their con- sciences , and thereby secure to the Crown and the Government the benefit and advantage arising ...
... oath of abjuration , and as a natural and legal consequence , as it seems to me , to take it in a manner and form binding upon their con- sciences , and thereby secure to the Crown and the Government the benefit and advantage arising ...
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Page 209 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any Portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said Fishermen to dry or cure Fish at such Portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the Inhabitants, Proprietors, or Possessors of the ground.
Page 209 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between The High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind...
Page 183 - Altesse Royale, en butte aux factions qui « divisent mon pays et à l'inimitié des plus grandes « puissances de l'Europe, j'ai terminé ma carrière « politique, et je viens, comme Thémistocle, « m'asseoir au foyer du peuple britannique. Je « me mets sous la protection de ses lois, que je « réclame de Votre Altesse Royale comme du plus « puissant, du plus constant et du plus généreux
Page 337 - The present Convention shall be in force for the term of Ten Years from the date hereof: and further, until the end of Twelve Months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the Other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 209 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
Page 262 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to the express words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever...
Page 256 - I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation or mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever: And I do make this recognition and acknowledgment heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian, So help me God.
Page 209 - The Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece, from the earliest Accounts to the death of Augustus.
Page 257 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 313 - Soon after the explosion commenced a number of meteorites fell to the ground over an area a mile and a half in length and half a mile in breadth.