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... and the gloominess of our prospects , are the frequent topics of our ablest
statesmen in public debate , we are imperiously called on , not only to make
ourselves acquainted with the true state of the nation , but also with the real
causes of that ...
... and the gloominess of our prospects , are the frequent topics of our ablest
statesmen in public debate , we are imperiously called on , not only to make
ourselves acquainted with the true state of the nation , but also with the real
causes of that ...
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... it easy to believe that the faction behind the throne , or any of those who called
themselves the King ' s friends , could have advised a surrender at discretion of
the reins of government , together with the key of the treasury , and the patronage
...
... it easy to believe that the faction behind the throne , or any of those who called
themselves the King ' s friends , could have advised a surrender at discretion of
the reins of government , together with the key of the treasury , and the patronage
...
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And again by the act for examination of public accounts in the West Indies ,
passed 31st . of December , 1800 , all accountants , and all persons who “ may
be likely to give useful information , ” are liable to be called before the
commissioners ...
And again by the act for examination of public accounts in the West Indies ,
passed 31st . of December , 1800 , all accountants , and all persons who “ may
be likely to give useful information , ” are liable to be called before the
commissioners ...
Halaman 72
That " they were not more than claimed , that they were « not effectually asserted
and secured , at this time ; gave very great and immediate dissatisfaction ; and
ihey who were called Whigs in those days , distinguished themselves by the ...
That " they were not more than claimed , that they were « not effectually asserted
and secured , at this time ; gave very great and immediate dissatisfaction ; and
ihey who were called Whigs in those days , distinguished themselves by the ...
Halaman 75
But it is only metaphorically that a house of commons is called a jury ; and it is a
mere figure of speech , when we speak of it as a national inquest . It is indeed a
part of its duty to inquire into all abuses of power ; but then , when it have made ...
But it is only metaphorically that a house of commons is called a jury ; and it is a
mere figure of speech , when we speak of it as a national inquest . It is indeed a
part of its duty to inquire into all abuses of power ; but then , when it have made ...
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Halaman 106 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Halaman 61 - When this child of ours wishes to assimilate to its parent, and to reflect with a true filial resemblance the beauteous countenance of British liberty, are we to turn to them the shameful parts of our Constitution ? are we to give them our weakness for their strength?
Halaman 114 - ... his charitable toils for the relief of India, did not forget the poor rotten constitution of his native country. For her, he did not disdain to stoop to the trade of a wholesale upholsterer for this house, to furnish it not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but with real, solid, living patterns of true modern virtue.
Halaman 60 - our children;" but when children ask for bread we are not to give a stone. Is it because the natural resistance of things, and the various mutations of time...
Halaman 95 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a control for the people.
Halaman 14 - States and a corresponding amendment of the Constitution, be applied in time of peace to rivers, canals, roads, arts, manufactures, education and other great objects within each State. In time of war, if injustice by ourselves or others must sometimes produce war, increased as the same revenue will be...
Halaman 116 - Eastern harlot ; which so many of the people, so many of the nobles of tlns land, had drained to the very dregs. Do you think that no reckoning was to follow this lewd debauch? that no payment was to be demanded for this riot of public drunkenness, and national prostitution ? Here ! you have it, here, before you.
Halaman 66 - ... convicted, shall be subject and liable to such pains and penalties, as by any law now in force persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are subject and liable to.
Halaman 14 - ... the revenue thereby liberated may, by a just repartition among the states, and a corresponding amendment of the constitution, be applied, in time of peace, to rivers, canals, roads, arts, manufactures, education, and other great objects within each state.
Halaman 158 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Informasi bibliografi
| Judul | The State of the Nation: In a Series of Letters to His Grace, the Duke of Bedford Volume 70 dari Grey tracts |
| Pengarang | John Cartwright |
| Penerbit | B. Flower, 1805 |
| Asli dari | Perpustakaan Umum New York |
| Didigitalkan | 30 Okt 2007 |
| Tebal | 173 halaman |
| Ekspor Kutipan | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |