The Political Register for ...J. Almon, 1771 |
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... fuppofe , because this reprefentation appears figned by the Lords of Trade , that it is their act , or that their judgments were at all employed about it . The arbitrary will of the Secretary of State for the colonies , is the only rule ...
... fuppofe , because this reprefentation appears figned by the Lords of Trade , that it is their act , or that their judgments were at all employed about it . The arbitrary will of the Secretary of State for the colonies , is the only rule ...
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... fuppofe his Lordship will allow to be a Court of Law . Let his Lordfhip likewise be pleased to read the 9th section of the fame act ; and then con- fider the spirit and meaning , as well as words , of both claufes . If , when he has ...
... fuppofe his Lordship will allow to be a Court of Law . Let his Lordfhip likewise be pleased to read the 9th section of the fame act ; and then con- fider the spirit and meaning , as well as words , of both claufes . If , when he has ...
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... fuppofe your best - laid expeditions to mifcarry - would not your enemies blow up the flames of po- pular difguft ? Have you fecured reputation and friends , who will ftand by you in critical circumftances ? But , my Lord , if the ...
... fuppofe your best - laid expeditions to mifcarry - would not your enemies blow up the flames of po- pular difguft ? Have you fecured reputation and friends , who will ftand by you in critical circumftances ? But , my Lord , if the ...
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... fuppofe that thefe directions were first flid in upon the court for the fake of procuring their Sanc- tion , and afterwards into a fuper or judicature for the like end . But that cannot be , for it is faid that the law as " there ftated ...
... fuppofe that thefe directions were first flid in upon the court for the fake of procuring their Sanc- tion , and afterwards into a fuper or judicature for the like end . But that cannot be , for it is faid that the law as " there ftated ...
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... fuppofe , that a judge would in open court infinuate against me the guilt of perjury for daring to differ in opinion with him , upon what he allows to be a point of law , and that even before I was apprised of his judgment upon the ...
... fuppofe , that a judge would in open court infinuate against me the guilt of perjury for daring to differ in opinion with him , upon what he allows to be a point of law , and that even before I was apprised of his judgment upon the ...
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Page 249 - RESOLVED, that the thanks of this court be given to the Right Hon.
Page 150 - It is now no crime for a man, who is within the description of that act, to say he is a Dissenter; nor is it any crime for him not to take the sacrament according to the rites of the Church of England; nay, the crime is, if he does it contrary to the dictates of his conscience.
Page 152 - When it was said, therefore, that "a man cannot plead his crime in excuse for not doing what he is by law required to do...
Page 363 - Paris in 1767, I held no communication with you of any kind whatever; nor did I upon your arrival in England in 1768 even pay you a visit, till it was very evident you lost your election in the City. Then, indeed...
Page 248 - I observe," said Wilkes, in a letter to the speaker, " that no notice is taken of me in your order as a member of the House, and that I am not required to attend in my place: both these circumstances ought to have been, mentioned in my case, and I hold them absolutely indispensable.
Page 100 - Majesty and his subjects which were at that place the day above named, agreeable to the inventory which has been made of them.
Page 155 - Conscience is not controllable by human laws, nor amenable to human tribunals. Persecution, or attempts to force conscience, will never produce conviction, and are only calculated to make hypocrites or martyrs.
Page 157 - No; it was impossible. But they had a mind to continue the former mayor a year longer, and to have a pretence for setting aside him who was now chosen, on all future occasions, as having been elected before.
Page 141 - Islands at a considerable distance from the Continent, may be supposed, from their latitude, to lie in a climate sufficiently temperate. It is true, they are too little known to be at present recommended for proper places of refreshment for ships bound to the southward : But if the Admiralty should think it...
Page 149 - But as the law then stood, no man could have pleaded this disability, resulting from the Corporation Act, in bar of such an action as is now brought against the defendant, because this disability was owing to what was then, in the eye of the law, a crime ; every man being required by the...