A New and Impartial Collection of Interesting Letters: From the Public Papers; Many of Them Written by Persons of Eminence, on a Great Variety of Important Subjects, which Have Occasionally Engaged the Public Attention: from the Accession of His Present Majesty, in September 1765, to May 1767, Volumen2J. Almon, 1767 |
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... privilege of parliament . 137 Against privilege of parliament . 139 A masterly answer . 143 Anecdote of a great lawyer's opinion . 149 Remarks on that opinion ibid . Opinions of the attorney , and folicitor general , on Mr. Wilkes's ...
... privilege of parliament . 137 Against privilege of parliament . 139 A masterly answer . 143 Anecdote of a great lawyer's opinion . 149 Remarks on that opinion ibid . Opinions of the attorney , and folicitor general , on Mr. Wilkes's ...
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... privilege of parliament . 160 Quotation from Grey's debates , on the feizure of papers . 163 Remarks on the 45th No. of the North Briton . Strong letters on the evafion of the Habeas Corpus . 167 169 Queries with their anfwers on kings ...
... privilege of parliament . 160 Quotation from Grey's debates , on the feizure of papers . 163 Remarks on the 45th No. of the North Briton . Strong letters on the evafion of the Habeas Corpus . 167 169 Queries with their anfwers on kings ...
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... privileges civil and facred , is daily relaxed and finking into weakness . If the foundations are deftroyed , what will the mighty do ? The truth is , ftatesmen are timid , and would avoid trouble and hazards ; and private perfons of ...
... privileges civil and facred , is daily relaxed and finking into weakness . If the foundations are deftroyed , what will the mighty do ? The truth is , ftatesmen are timid , and would avoid trouble and hazards ; and private perfons of ...
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... be paid by pofterity . " 66 Are not our privileges worth the price they coft us to maintain ? And fhall we enjoy them , and leave the reckoning to be paid by our children ? Will not 1 not fuch a conduct be an indelible reproach , [ 6 ]
... be paid by pofterity . " 66 Are not our privileges worth the price they coft us to maintain ? And fhall we enjoy them , and leave the reckoning to be paid by our children ? Will not 1 not fuch a conduct be an indelible reproach , [ 6 ]
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... privileges as the peasants of the island of Anglefey ; then , and not till then , can Ireland be thoroughly cultivated ; the number of its inhabitants infinitely increased , and maintained with more decency , and her tribute to England ...
... privileges as the peasants of the island of Anglefey ; then , and not till then , can Ireland be thoroughly cultivated ; the number of its inhabitants infinitely increased , and maintained with more decency , and her tribute to England ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 97 - ... in confequence of the heavy charge brought againft you, for being the author of an infamous and feditious libel, tending to inflame the minds, and alienate the affections of the people from...
Página 87 - Wilkes, esq. herewith sent you, for being the author and publisher of a most infamous and seditious libel, intitled, The North Briton, No. 45, tending to inflame the minds and alienate the affections of the people from his majesty, and to excite them to traitorous insurrections against the government...
Página 15 - I have explained these matters only for the honour of truth, not in any view to court return of confidence from any man, who, with a credulity as weak as it is injurious, has thought fit...
Página 99 - THINK it my duty to lay before the houfe a ' few facts, which have occured fince our laft ' meeting, becaufe, in my humble opinion, (which * I fhall always fubmit to this houfe) the rights of * all the Commons of England, and the privileges ' of parliament have, in my perfon, been highly
Página 347 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Página 209 - ... those who have the distribution of it in their hands ; when a judge is capable of being influenced by any thing but law, or a cause may be recommended by any thing that is foreign to its own merits, we may venture to pronounce that such a nation is hastening to its ruin.
Página 15 - I am sure no gentleman will contradict. A difference of opinion, with regard to measures to be taken against Spain, of the highest importance to the honour of the Crown, and to the most essential national interests, and this founded on what Spain had already done, not on what that court may farther intend to do, was the cause of my resigning the seals.
Página 89 - Webb, efq; refufed as before. On the morning of Monday, the fecond of May, the court of common pleas ordered a return to their writ of Habeas Corpus, which return not then appearing to the court to be fufficient, the court ordered, that the faid return...
Página 272 - ... thoughts; but knowing how much you approve an open and ingenuous proceeding, I...
Página 343 - Despenser; and the church he has just • • built on the top of a hill, for the convenience and devotion of the town at the bottom of it.