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... create to their own minds , or greatly exaggerate the evil they complain of . The laws of England provide as effectually as any human laws can do for the protection of the subject , in his reputation , as well as in his person and pro ...
... create to their own minds , or greatly exaggerate the evil they complain of . The laws of England provide as effectually as any human laws can do for the protection of the subject , in his reputation , as well as in his person and pro ...
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... creates in " him such an incapacity to be re - elected , that , 26 at a subsequent election , any votes given to " him are null and void ; and that any other 66 candidate , who , except the person expelled , " has the greatest number of ...
... creates in " him such an incapacity to be re - elected , that , 26 at a subsequent election , any votes given to " him are null and void ; and that any other 66 candidate , who , except the person expelled , " has the greatest number of ...
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... create to themselves any new 66 privilege , that was not warranted by the " known laws and customs of Parliament . " - And to this rule , the House of Commons , though otherwise they had acted in a very arbitrary manner , gave their ...
... create to themselves any new 66 privilege , that was not warranted by the " known laws and customs of Parliament . " - And to this rule , the House of Commons , though otherwise they had acted in a very arbitrary manner , gave their ...
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... create or declare a new law , by which not only the rights of the House over their own member , and those of the mem- ber himself , are included , but also those of a third and separate party ; I mean the freeholders of the kingdom ? To ...
... create or declare a new law , by which not only the rights of the House over their own member , and those of the mem- ber himself , are included , but also those of a third and separate party ; I mean the freeholders of the kingdom ? To ...
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... creates in him an incapacity to be elected , I see a ready way marked out , by which the majority may , at any time , remove the honestest and ablest men who happen to be in opposition to them . Το say that they will not make this ...
... creates in him an incapacity to be elected , I see a ready way marked out , by which the majority may , at any time , remove the honestest and ablest men who happen to be in opposition to them . Το say that they will not make this ...
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Página 136 - Esq. having been this session of ' parliament committed a prisoner to the tower, ' and expelled this house for a breach of trust in the ' execution of his office, and notorious corruption ' when secretary at war, was and is incapable of ' being elected a member to serve in this present
Página 152 - You are so little accustomed to receive any marks of respect or esteem from the public, that if, in the following lines, a compliment or expression of applause should escape me, I fear you would consider it as a mockery of your established character, and, perhaps, an insult to your understanding.
Página 222 - ... received in your youth, and to form the most sanguine hopes from the natural benevolence of your disposition. We are far from thinking you capable of a direct deliberate purpose to invade those original rights of your subjects on which all their civil and political liberties depend. Had it been possible for us to entertain a suspicion so...
Página 242 - They will then do justice to their representatives, and to themselves. These sentiments, Sir, and the style they are conveyed in, may be offensive perhaps, because they are new to you.
Página ix - In this sense, the word supreme is relative, not absolute. The power of the legislature is limited, not only by the general rules of natural justice, and the welfare of the community, but by the forms and principles of our particular constitution.
Página 157 - He would never have been insulted with virtues, which he had laboured to extinguish, nor suffered the disgrace of a mortifying defeat, which has made him ridiculous and contemptible, even to the few by whom he was not detested.
Página 165 - ... that ought to be dear to a man of honour. They are still base enough to encourage the follies of your age, as they once did the vices of your youth. As little acquainted with the rules of decorum as with the laws of morality, they will not suffer you to profit by experience, nor even to consult the propriety of a bad character. Even now they tell you that life is no more than a dramatic scene, in which the hero should preserve his consistency to the last; and that as you lived without virtue,...
Página 243 - The Prince, who imitates their conduct, should be warned by their example; and while he plumes himself upon the security of his title to the crown, should remember that, as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another*.
Página 231 - ... truth which he ought to be convinced of without experiment. But if the English people should no longer confine their resentment to a submissive representation of their wrongs ; if, following the glorious example of their ancestors, they should no longer appeal to the creature of the constitution, but to that high Being who gave them the rights of humanity, whose gifts it were sacrilege to surrender; let me ask you, Sir, upon what part of your subjects would you rely for assistance ? The people...
Página 222 - You ascended the throne with a declared, and, I doubt not, a sincere resolution of giving universal satisfaction to your subjects. You found them pleased with the novelty of a young prince, whose countenance promised even more than his words, and loyal to you, not only from principle, but passion. It was not a cold profession of allegiance to the first magistrate, but a partial, animated attachment to a favorite prince, the native of their country.