The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803: From which Last-mentioned Epoch it is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled "Hansard's Parliamentary Debates".T.C. Hansard, 1813 |
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... letter of the law , as often to decide cases on mo- tives never urged by the counsel of either plaintiff or defendant , but so watchful of the very shadow of it , as sometimes to dismiss causes for want of a scrupulous compliance with ...
... letter of the law , as often to decide cases on mo- tives never urged by the counsel of either plaintiff or defendant , but so watchful of the very shadow of it , as sometimes to dismiss causes for want of a scrupulous compliance with ...
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... letters patent under the great seal of England , dated the 6th of April , in the 7th year of his reign , to sir John Stanley , under whom the peti- tioner , the duchess , claims by lineal des- cent , his heirs and assigns ; that family ...
... letters patent under the great seal of England , dated the 6th of April , in the 7th year of his reign , to sir John Stanley , under whom the peti- tioner , the duchess , claims by lineal des- cent , his heirs and assigns ; that family ...
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... letters patent from the kings or queens of Eng- land , or of any act or acts of parliament , lawful prescription , usage , or custom , or any other rights or title , and as fully and amply as his majesty or any of his royal predecessors ...
... letters patent from the kings or queens of Eng- land , or of any act or acts of parliament , lawful prescription , usage , or custom , or any other rights or title , and as fully and amply as his majesty or any of his royal predecessors ...
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... letter to the Isle of Man , and the same as if it never had existed . The lord had no notice of it . It never affected his rights , or made any impression on his property . He had no reason to complain or to remonstrate . What does the ...
... letter to the Isle of Man , and the same as if it never had existed . The lord had no notice of it . It never affected his rights , or made any impression on his property . He had no reason to complain or to remonstrate . What does the ...
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... Letter from the duke and duchess of Athol to the commissioners of the treasury , dated February 27th , 1765 ; and also copy of an abstract of the clear revenue of the Isle of Man for ten years , from the year 1754 to the year 1763 ...
... Letter from the duke and duchess of Athol to the commissioners of the treasury , dated February 27th , 1765 ; and also copy of an abstract of the clear revenue of the Isle of Man for ten years , from the year 1754 to the year 1763 ...
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Page 159 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of Right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all Cases whatsoever.4 This assertion of the authority of Parliament "to bind the Colonies and People of America ... in all Cases...
Page 103 - Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper ; they have been wronged ; they have been driven to madness, by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned ? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There are two lines in a ballad of...
Page 103 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is, that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal should be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle.
Page 95 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone.
Page 95 - The Commons of America, represented in their several assemblies, have ever been in possession of the exercise of this, their constitutional right, of giving and granting their own money. They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it...
Page 247 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.
Page 381 - He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar, nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water.
Page 103 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man ; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 99 - The gentleman tells us of many who are taxed, and are not represented — the India company, merchants, stockholders, manufacturers. Surely many of these are represented in other capacities, as owners of land, or as freemen of boroughs.
Page 97 - When I proposed to tax America, I asked the house if any gentleman would object to the right; I repeatedly asked it, and no man would attempt to deny it. Protection and obedience are reciprocal. Great Britain protects America; America is bound to yield obedience.