Collectanea Politica: Or, The Political Transactions of Ireland from the Accession of ... George the III. to the Present Time ...A. Stewart, 1803 - Ireland |
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... most serious attention . " " Whilft I lament the lawless outrages and unconstitutional " proceedings which had taken place fince your laft proroga- ❝tion , I had the fatisfaction to perceive that these excesses " were confined to a few ...
... most serious attention . " " Whilft I lament the lawless outrages and unconstitutional " proceedings which had taken place fince your laft proroga- ❝tion , I had the fatisfaction to perceive that these excesses " were confined to a few ...
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... most useful and neceffary information . I will not fay , that for that rea- fon it was denied ; but it was denied- I moved that the grand committee of courts of juftice fhould fit this day , to receive the fubject : that too was refufed ...
... most useful and neceffary information . I will not fay , that for that rea- fon it was denied ; but it was denied- I moved that the grand committee of courts of juftice fhould fit this day , to receive the fubject : that too was refufed ...
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... most central room , in the county ; and by his notice he fignifies a compliance with their defires . What is there in this that can be tortured into a crime ? Are voluntary meet- ings in a free county , prima facie , and in themselves ...
... most central room , in the county ; and by his notice he fignifies a compliance with their defires . What is there in this that can be tortured into a crime ? Are voluntary meet- ings in a free county , prima facie , and in themselves ...
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... most convenient for meeting , and for in- formation ; and during the fitting of parliament , when it is poffible to be of ufe , not during its prorogation , when it could be of no use ; and this they have done , for what ? That concord ...
... most convenient for meeting , and for in- formation ; and during the fitting of parliament , when it is poffible to be of ufe , not during its prorogation , when it could be of no use ; and this they have done , for what ? That concord ...
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... most authority , and the House of Commons the leaft , it is the question of reform ; And why ? because this question arifes , folely , from the inadequacy of the reprefen- tation ; what follows ? the representative is , in this fingle ...
... most authority , and the House of Commons the leaft , it is the question of reform ; And why ? because this question arifes , folely , from the inadequacy of the reprefen- tation ; what follows ? the representative is , in this fingle ...
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