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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... manner as any other person or persons theretofore held the said isle , castle peel , and lordship , or any other hereditaments within the same , or within the sea thereto belonging , had or ought to have held and enjoyed the same , by ...
... manner as any other person or persons theretofore held the said isle , castle peel , and lordship , or any other hereditaments within the same , or within the sea thereto belonging , had or ought to have held and enjoyed the same , by ...
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... manner of had profited so much by the war , whose in- terests , commerce and security had been the first objects of the peace ; and of whose ability to bear at least some proportion of that new ex- pence there neither was nor is any ...
... manner of had profited so much by the war , whose in- terests , commerce and security had been the first objects of the peace ; and of whose ability to bear at least some proportion of that new ex- pence there neither was nor is any ...
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... manner , surrounding both Houses of Parliament , and insulting many of the members . They again assembled on the two following days , and proceeded to commit other outrages ; but were at length repressed by the posse comitatus and the ...
... manner , surrounding both Houses of Parliament , and insulting many of the members . They again assembled on the two following days , and proceeded to commit other outrages ; but were at length repressed by the posse comitatus and the ...
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... manner following , that is to say ; that one quarterly payment of the said annuities shall be payable on the 10th of October next ; and that the said annui- ties , from and after the said 10th of Octo- ber , shall be payable half yearly ...
... manner following , that is to say ; that one quarterly payment of the said annuities shall be payable on the 10th of October next ; and that the said annui- ties , from and after the said 10th of Octo- ber , shall be payable half yearly ...
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... manner above mentioned , shall also be added to , and made a part of such joint stock , from the 5th of April 1766 ; and all the said annui- ties , transferable and paid at the bank , shall commence , from the said 5th of April 1765 ...
... manner above mentioned , shall also be added to , and made a part of such joint stock , from the 5th of April 1766 ; and all the said annui- ties , transferable and paid at the bank , shall commence , from the said 5th of April 1765 ...
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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.