Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 17William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1810 - Great Britain |
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... means of ellectually pro- reason say , that our fate must be ? viding for our safety ? means , which shall enable us to say : Are there no we defy your power ? who recommend peace as the only means Some there are , of saving ourselves ...
... means of ellectually pro- reason say , that our fate must be ? viding for our safety ? means , which shall enable us to say : Are there no we defy your power ? who recommend peace as the only means Some there are , of saving ourselves ...
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... means of procur- communication will be received by him ing the productions and manufactures , of from me , I ... mean , in the interval , to make New York the place of my residence , where you will henceforth please direct your ...
... means of procur- communication will be received by him ing the productions and manufactures , of from me , I ... mean , in the interval , to make New York the place of my residence , where you will henceforth please direct your ...
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... means to accept . You seem observation by a reference to the particu- not so distinctly to have understood the lar expressions , which made the terms of form of proceeding in this affair , which I satisfaction appear to be unacceptable ...
... means to accept . You seem observation by a reference to the particu- not so distinctly to have understood the lar expressions , which made the terms of form of proceeding in this affair , which I satisfaction appear to be unacceptable ...
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... means , " whatsoever ; " and then the prohibition ran thus : " Be it enacted , & c . - That , " if any person , & c . & c . - shall , for wicked " lucre or gain's sake , by any act , ways , or " means whatsoever , impair , diminish ...
... means , " whatsoever ; " and then the prohibition ran thus : " Be it enacted , & c . - That , " if any person , & c . & c . - shall , for wicked " lucre or gain's sake , by any act , ways , or " means whatsoever , impair , diminish ...
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... means to act in defiance What signifies it what mill the money " of its most solemn ordinances , it is con- comes ... mean figuratively , but " cording to the customs of the time and literally . The trade of making money ; " place . It ...
... means to act in defiance What signifies it what mill the money " of its most solemn ordinances , it is con- comes ... mean figuratively , but " cording to the customs of the time and literally . The trade of making money ; " place . It ...
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Page 921 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 611 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 427 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 429 - ... and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king, state and...
Page 823 - Parliament that no man, of what estate or condition that he be, should be put out of his land or tenements, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without being brought to answer by due process of law.
Page 819 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Page 561 - ... with the advice of our privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation, hereby...
Page 471 - What a crowd of blessings rush upon one's mind that might be bestowed upon the country, in the event of a total change of system ! Of all monarchs, indeed, since the Revolution, the successor of George the Third will have the finest opportunity of becoming nobly popular.
Page 1031 - Parliament assembled hath the force of a law, and all the people of this nation are concluded thereby, although the consent and concurrence of the King or House of Peers be not had thereunto.
Page 781 - By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without consent of Parliament; 2.