The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1871 - Constitutional history |
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... means of agitation , and causes of success • 277 Progress of public opinion , 1760-92 · 278 Democratic publications , 1792 • 279 Democratic associations Exaggerated alarm of democracy Repressive policy , 1792 Proclamation against ...
... means of agitation , and causes of success • 277 Progress of public opinion , 1760-92 · 278 Democratic publications , 1792 • 279 Democratic associations Exaggerated alarm of democracy Repressive policy , 1792 Proclamation against ...
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... means desired , the continued exclusion of the public . In the Lords , sixteen peers signed a strong pro- test against the riotous proceedings of their House , and deprecating the exclusion of strangers . An order , however , was made ...
... means desired , the continued exclusion of the public . In the Lords , sixteen peers signed a strong pro- test against the riotous proceedings of their House , and deprecating the exclusion of strangers . An order , however , was made ...
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... mean , and ridiculous ; and yet , when it comes to the question , the division has gone against the side which , upon the face of the debate , had reason and justice to support it . So that , had I been a stranger to the proceedings ...
... mean , and ridiculous ; and yet , when it comes to the question , the division has gone against the side which , upon the face of the debate , had reason and justice to support it . So that , had I been a stranger to the proceedings ...
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... Mean- while Wilkes , the chief offender , was still at large . He had been again ordered to attend on the 8th April but ministers discreetly moved the ad- journment for the Easter Holidays until the 9th ; He was allowed to sleep at his ...
... Mean- while Wilkes , the chief offender , was still at large . He had been again ordered to attend on the 8th April but ministers discreetly moved the ad- journment for the Easter Holidays until the 9th ; He was allowed to sleep at his ...
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... means of punish- ing a popular offender . The Lord Mayor , on leaving the House , accompanied by the Sergeant - at - Arms , was surrounded by the crowd , who took the horses from his carriage , and bore him to Temple Bar . Here they ...
... means of punish- ing a popular offender . The Lord Mayor , on leaving the House , accompanied by the Sergeant - at - Arms , was surrounded by the crowd , who took the horses from his carriage , and bore him to Temple Bar . Here they ...
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Page 216 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 385 - If all mankind, minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Page 73 - Your representative owes you not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 73 - Parliament is not a congress of Ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain as an agent and advocate against other agents and advocates, but Parliament is a deliberative Assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole...
Page 129 - LORD, from the evil man ; and preserve me from the wicked man ; 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips.
Page 324 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Page 72 - But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living.
Page 241 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 126 - I composed the peroration of my speech for the Queen, in the Lords, after reading and repeating Demosthenes for three or four weeks, and I composed it twenty times over at least, and it certainly succeeded in a very extraordinary degree, and far above any merits of its own.
Page 80 - In his direction to the jury, his lordship said " that the fact of the House of Commons having directed Messrs. Hansard to publish all their parliamentary reports is no justification for them, or for any bookseller who publishes a parliamentary report containing a libel against any man.