Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George Third, 1760-1860, Volumen2Widdleton, 1877 |
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... once became the regenerator and leader of the Tory party . If their cause had suffered discouragement and dis- grace in the two last reigns , all the circumstances of this period were favorable to the revival of their principles and the ...
... once became the regenerator and leader of the Tory party . If their cause had suffered discouragement and dis- grace in the two last reigns , all the circumstances of this period were favorable to the revival of their principles and the ...
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... once contributed to the parliamentary ma- jority of the Whigs , was turned against them by their Tory rivals and the king's friends . Meanwhile , the Whigs , gradually excluded from power , were driven back upon those popular principles ...
... once contributed to the parliamentary ma- jority of the Whigs , was turned against them by their Tory rivals and the king's friends . Meanwhile , the Whigs , gradually excluded from power , were driven back upon those popular principles ...
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... once so costly and so dishonorable to our arms disgusted its for- mer supporters ; and the Whigs pressed Lord North with extraordinary energy and resolution , until they finally drove him from power . Their position throughout this ...
... once so costly and so dishonorable to our arms disgusted its for- mer supporters ; and the Whigs pressed Lord North with extraordinary energy and resolution , until they finally drove him from power . Their position throughout this ...
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... once The restora more , in the ascendant . The king , however , had tion of the taken care that their power should be illusory , power . and their position insecure . Lord Rockingham was placed at the head of another coalition ministry ...
... once The restora more , in the ascendant . The king , however , had tion of the taken care that their power should be illusory , power . and their position insecure . Lord Rockingham was placed at the head of another coalition ministry ...
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... once marked him , in his early youth , as a leader of men . His sympathies were all with Lord Rockingham : he supported his government : 1 and there can be little doubt that he might have been won as a member of his party . But he was ...
... once marked him , in his early youth , as a leader of men . His sympathies were all with Lord Rockingham : he supported his government : 1 and there can be little doubt that he might have been won as a member of his party . But he was ...
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Página 216 - 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 83 - And insult to his heart's best brother: 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 551 - 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 103 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 424 - Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament from which its light had long vanished; and begins now anew its course of regularly-adjusted action round the centre of unity, the source of jurisdiction, of light, and of vigour.
Página 501 - The conversation of the principal persons of the country all tends to encourage this system of blood ; and the conversation even at my table, where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it, always turns on hanging, shooting, burning, &c., &c. ; and if a priest has been put to death, the greatest joy is expressed by the whole company.
Página 518 - 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 190 - He would deliver the jury his solemn opinion, as he was required by act of parliament to do ; and under the authority of that act, and still more in obedience to his conscience and his God, he pronounced this to be a most impious and profane libel. Believing and hoping that they, the jury, were Christians, he had not any doubt but that they would be of the same opinion.
Página 103 - 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.