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... observed to be carried on during the night , between the boats and sir Home's family , and the sentimental trips ... observe , that every prize made before declaration of war , was a droit of the Crown , and was added to those funds ...
... observed to be carried on during the night , between the boats and sir Home's family , and the sentimental trips ... observe , that every prize made before declaration of war , was a droit of the Crown , and was added to those funds ...
Page 129
... observed , that from the experience of four years it had answered the expecta tions of those who framed it . It was un- graciously said , that though no new fund was wanted , yet it was the business of the House to see whether there was ...
... observed , that from the experience of four years it had answered the expecta tions of those who framed it . It was un- graciously said , that though no new fund was wanted , yet it was the business of the House to see whether there was ...
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... observe , that without such a committee of inquiry as had been proposed it was impossible to know what saving could ... observed , that it behoved ministers , before they called on him to vote a sum of 60,000l . per annum for the privy ...
... observe , that without such a committee of inquiry as had been proposed it was impossible to know what saving could ... observed , that it behoved ministers , before they called on him to vote a sum of 60,000l . per annum for the privy ...
Page 239
... observed , that , if it were determined to take away the elective franchise from Grampound , he could suggest places ... observe , that it was necessary to introduce in the bill then before the House the name of some place to which the ...
... observed , that , if it were determined to take away the elective franchise from Grampound , he could suggest places ... observe , that it was necessary to introduce in the bill then before the House the name of some place to which the ...
Page 241
... observation , that it would be very inex- pedient , where several boroughs were dis- franchised , to extend the rights thus for- feited to any one place . Lord Milton observed , that it would be extremely inconvenient , supposing a num ...
... observation , that it would be very inex- pedient , where several boroughs were dis- franchised , to extend the rights thus for- feited to any one place . Lord Milton observed , that it would be extremely inconvenient , supposing a num ...
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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.