Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Volume 4G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... kingdom . The Independents in a short time totally sup- planting the Presbyterians , the new mode of worship fell into contempt - this daring and military sect affirming each sepa- rate church or congregation to possess a power over its ...
... kingdom . The Independents in a short time totally sup- planting the Presbyterians , the new mode of worship fell into contempt - this daring and military sect affirming each sepa- rate church or congregation to possess a power over its ...
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... kingdom , publicly to coalesce with lord North and his numerous partisans . The earl of Shelburne having been far more guarded in his previous declarations , as well as his subse- quent political associations , escaped the obloquy which ...
... kingdom , publicly to coalesce with lord North and his numerous partisans . The earl of Shelburne having been far more guarded in his previous declarations , as well as his subse- quent political associations , escaped the obloquy which ...
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... kingdom would be thus rendered flagrantly corrupt , partial , and imper- fect . Had the high - bailiff really felt those scruples of conscience by which he pretended to be thus embarrassed , the law of parliament allowed him to include ...
... kingdom would be thus rendered flagrantly corrupt , partial , and imper- fect . Had the high - bailiff really felt those scruples of conscience by which he pretended to be thus embarrassed , the law of parliament allowed him to include ...
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... kingdom to the East - India Company , and the vast revenue we derived from the commerce carried on by them , had been much insisted on ; but surely it was at all times easy , without having recourse to their instrumentality , to obtain ...
... kingdom to the East - India Company , and the vast revenue we derived from the commerce carried on by them , had been much insisted on ; but surely it was at all times easy , without having recourse to their instrumentality , to obtain ...
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... kingdom during the latter years of the late war had not yet subsided . Much had indeed been acquired , but much also yet remained to be done . The two questions which at the present juncture chiefly occupied the public attention were ...
... kingdom during the latter years of the late war had not yet subsided . Much had indeed been acquired , but much also yet remained to be done . The two questions which at the present juncture chiefly occupied the public attention were ...
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Page 342 - ... there can be but one supreme power, which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate, yet the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the peoples supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Page 339 - is almost the only lawful king in the world, because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people.
Page 348 - When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy: neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am the friend of its happiness: when these things can be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and its government.
Page 293 - I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it. I have lived to see thirty millions of people indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible voice, their king led in triumph, and an arbitrary monarch surrendering himself to his subjects.
Page 217 - ... which seated the house of Brunswick on the throne of Great Britain, ever to assume or exercise any power, be his claim what it might, not derived from the will of the people, expressed by their representatives and their lordships in parliament assembled.
Page 290 - No man ought to be molested on account of his opinions, not even on account of his religious opinions, provided his avowal of them does not disturb the public order established by the law.
Page 290 - No man should be accused, arrested, or held in confinement, except in cases determined by the law, and according to the forms which it has prescribed.
Page 92 - He had made it an argument of posts ; and conducted his reasoning upon principles of trigonometry as well as logic. There were certain detached data, like advanced works, to keep the enemy at a distance from the main object in debate. Strong provisions covered the flanks of his assertions. His very queries were in casemates.
Page 293 - Be encouraged, all ye friends of freedom, and writers in its defence! The times are auspicious. Your labours have not been in vain. Behold kingdoms, admonished by you, starting from sleep, breaking their fetters, and claiming justice from their oppressors! Behold the light you have struck out, after setting America free, reflected in France, and there kindled into a blaze that lays despotism in ashes, and warms and illuminates Europe!
Page 490 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils: for time is the greatest innovator...