The parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the House of commons, Volume 211787 |
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... former greatnefs , as to feel in the manner he had mentioned , and to advise and act upon the littleness of their own minds . Administration muft , under the prefent circumstances , permit him to inquire upon what ground it was poffible ...
... former greatnefs , as to feel in the manner he had mentioned , and to advise and act upon the littleness of their own minds . Administration muft , under the prefent circumstances , permit him to inquire upon what ground it was poffible ...
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... former precedents teach a better prudence . Refer to the records of the best and moft authentic hiftorians , and it would be found , that France was most inclined to preserve peace , when the was moft humiliated and degraded . This ...
... former precedents teach a better prudence . Refer to the records of the best and moft authentic hiftorians , and it would be found , that France was most inclined to preserve peace , when the was moft humiliated and degraded . This ...
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... former connections with other powers fo far , that when , at a future period , France might think it worth her while to break with us , we fhould find ourfelves deftitute of friends , and uni- verfally abandoned . Two years had been ...
... former connections with other powers fo far , that when , at a future period , France might think it worth her while to break with us , we fhould find ourfelves deftitute of friends , and uni- verfally abandoned . Two years had been ...
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... former Mr. Fox . part of the observations of the right honourable gentleman , was with those sentiments which he himself had entertained , he could not avoid lamenting over ( what seemed to be the cafe , unless his ears deceived him ) ...
... former Mr. Fox . part of the observations of the right honourable gentleman , was with those sentiments which he himself had entertained , he could not avoid lamenting over ( what seemed to be the cafe , unless his ears deceived him ) ...
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... former both ruins himself , and ftrips his innocent family , and all who are de- pendent on him , of the very means of fubfiftence ; nor is the mode already noticed , of obtaining a knowledge of guilt , the only one liable to exception ...
... former both ruins himself , and ftrips his innocent family , and all who are de- pendent on him , of the very means of fubfiftence ; nor is the mode already noticed , of obtaining a knowledge of guilt , the only one liable to exception ...
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Page 552 - Christ with us :)so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. For then we are guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour ; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's body ; We kindle God's wrath against us ; we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death.
Page 325 - The order of the day being read, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe, to take into confideration fo much of His Majefty's moft gracious fpeech.
Page 551 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort ; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
Page 237 - I His sacred royal majesty of Portugal promises, both in his own name, and that of his successors, to admit, for ever hereafter, into Portugal, the woollen cloths, and the rest of the woollen manufactures of the British, as was accustomed, till they were prohibited by the law; nevertheless upon this condition: ART. II That is to say, that her sacred royal majesty of Great Britain...
Page 86 - To estimate the solidity of such a defence, it would be sufficient merely to consider in what consisted this prepossessing distinction, this captivating characteristic of greatness of mind. Is it not solely to be traced in great actions directed to great ends ? In them, • and them alone, we are to search for true estimable magnanimity.
Page 87 - Alike in the political and the military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals ; — and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket...
Page 169 - The fact was, it was an article in which our competition with France had ceased, and there was no injury in granting an easy importation to that which we would have at any rate. In no other article was there any thing very formidable in the rivalry of France. Glass would not be imported to any amount. In particular kinds of lace, indeed, they might have the advantage, but none which they would not enjoy independent of the treaty : and the clamours about millinery were vague and unmeaning, when, in...
Page 173 - To suppose that any nation could be unalterably the enemy of another was weak and childish. It had neither its foundation in the experience of nations, nor in the history of man. It was a libel on the constitution of political societies, and supposed the existence of diabolical malice in the original frame of man.
Page 325 - HOBART (according to order) reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe...
Page 175 - She procured a market of eight millions of people, we a market of twenty-four millions. France gained this market for her produce, which employed in preparation but few hands, gave little encouragement to its navigation, and produced but little to the state.