The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volumen2A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1895 |
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... House of Commons , the House of Lords was the plaything of Lord Thurlow . It was not until Mr. Pitt re- solved to endure no longer the intrigues , treachery , and inso- lent opposition of his Chancellor , that he freely enjoyed all the ...
... House of Commons , the House of Lords was the plaything of Lord Thurlow . It was not until Mr. Pitt re- solved to endure no longer the intrigues , treachery , and inso- lent opposition of his Chancellor , that he freely enjoyed all the ...
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... Lord Loughborough passed from the opposition benches to the woolsack . He was afterwards followed , in the House of Lords , by the Duke of Portland , the acknowledged leader of the Whigs , Lord Spencer , Lord Fitzwilliam , and Lord ...
... Lord Loughborough passed from the opposition benches to the woolsack . He was afterwards followed , in the House of Lords , by the Duke of Portland , the acknowledged leader of the Whigs , Lord Spencer , Lord Fitzwilliam , and Lord ...
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... Lord Howick was removed to the House of Lords by the death of his father , the rival claims of Mr. Whitbread and Lord Henry Petty brought forward Mr. Ponsonby , an Irishman , as leader of a party with whom he had little ac- quaintance ...
... Lord Howick was removed to the House of Lords by the death of his father , the rival claims of Mr. Whitbread and Lord Henry Petty brought forward Mr. Ponsonby , an Irishman , as leader of a party with whom he had little ac- quaintance ...
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... House of Lords was theirs , by connec- ty : its causes . tion and creations : the House of Commons was theirs , by nomination and influence : the church was wholly theirs , by sentiment , interest , and gratitude . But the fidelity of ...
... House of Lords was theirs , by connec- ty : its causes . tion and creations : the House of Commons was theirs , by nomination and influence : the church was wholly theirs , by sentiment , interest , and gratitude . But the fidelity of ...
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... House of Lords was , indeed , un- shaken ; but it served merely to harass and hold in check their opponents . To conquer with such a force alone , was out of the question . after the Re- The two first years after the Reform Act formed ...
... House of Lords was , indeed , un- shaken ; but it served merely to harass and hold in check their opponents . To conquer with such a force alone , was out of the question . after the Re- The two first years after the Reform Act formed ...
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Página 83 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 212 - If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Página 547 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed hook — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Página 514 - When, therefore, in this House we give and grant, we give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do? We, your Majesty's Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what? Our own property? No. We give and grant to your Majesty, the property of your Majesty's commons of America. It is an absurdity in terms.
Página 166 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Página 101 - Other liberties are held under governments; but the liberty of opinion keeps GOVERNMENTS THEMSELVES in due subjection to their duties. This has produced the martyrdom of truth in every age, and the world has been only purged from ignorance with the innocent blood of those who have enlightened it.
Página 550 - Whatever may be urged by casuists or politicians, the greater part of mankind, as they can never think that to pick the pocket and to pierce the heart is equally criminal, will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly doomed to the same punishment...
Página 26 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Página 528 - Parliamentary legislation on any subject of exclusively internal concern, in any British Colony possessing a representative Assembly, is as a general rule unconstitutional. It is a right of which the exercise is reserved for extreme cases — in which necessity at once creates and justifies the exception.
Página 18 - Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.