The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time ... With an Account of the Promotions of the Several Peers, and the State of the Peerage in Every Reign: Connected with the Transactions of the Commons, and History of the Times, And Illustrated with Historical Notes and Observations. Together with the Debates in the Parliament of Scotland Relating to the Union. To Each Volume are Added Proper Indexes ...E. Timberland, 1742 |
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... fame Circumftances with me ; and although we had , in a private Manner , been fully inform- ⚫ed of the Contents of that Speech which was to be made , ⚫ yet I do not think it regular or confiftent with the Dig- nity of this Houfe , to ...
... fame Circumftances with me ; and although we had , in a private Manner , been fully inform- ⚫ed of the Contents of that Speech which was to be made , ⚫ yet I do not think it regular or confiftent with the Dig- nity of this Houfe , to ...
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... fame , as if it • were dark and intricate ; neither the one nor the other can be understood , and no Man who regards his Character will give an Answer , or agree to what he does not understand . • If there be nothing dark or intricate ...
... fame , as if it • were dark and intricate ; neither the one nor the other can be understood , and no Man who regards his Character will give an Answer , or agree to what he does not understand . • If there be nothing dark or intricate ...
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... fame Condition ⚫ that Lorrain formerly was ; and if Lorrain was before to be ⚫ looked on as a Part of the Kingdom of France , because it was in her Power to take Poffeffion of it whenever the pleafed , we must for the fame Reason ...
... fame Condition ⚫ that Lorrain formerly was ; and if Lorrain was before to be ⚫ looked on as a Part of the Kingdom of France , because it was in her Power to take Poffeffion of it whenever the pleafed , we must for the fame Reason ...
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... fame Efteem that fome others may have ; and fince his Majefty's Wisdom and Conduct can never be brought in queftion here , fince it is the Wisdom and Con- duct of his Minifters only , that can come under our Con- • fideration , I have ...
... fame Efteem that fome others may have ; and fince his Majefty's Wisdom and Conduct can never be brought in queftion here , fince it is the Wisdom and Con- duct of his Minifters only , that can come under our Con- • fideration , I have ...
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... fame , when the chief Debates read by their Lordships . happened both in relation to the Merits of the Bill in general , and in relation to the several particular Claufes . Before the House resolved itself into the faid Committee ...
... fame , when the chief Debates read by their Lordships . happened both in relation to the Merits of the Bill in general , and in relation to the several particular Claufes . Before the House resolved itself into the faid Committee ...
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