A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... maintaining in Parliament a body of men whose political at- During the last two reigns a set of undertakers have farmed the power of the Crown at a price certain ; and under colour of making themselves responsible for the whole have ...
... maintaining in Parliament a body of men whose political at- During the last two reigns a set of undertakers have farmed the power of the Crown at a price certain ; and under colour of making themselves responsible for the whole have ...
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... maintained this opinion , and pre- dicted nothing but calamities , and his view was warmly sup- ported by the Duke of Devonshire , by Lord Hardwicke , and above all by George Grenville , who , though he had not yet obtained a seat in ...
... maintained this opinion , and pre- dicted nothing but calamities , and his view was warmly sup- ported by the Duke of Devonshire , by Lord Hardwicke , and above all by George Grenville , who , though he had not yet obtained a seat in ...
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... maintained that England should retain all the other conquests . He refused the French demands for a participation in the fisheries of New- foundland , for the cession of Cape Breton in America , for the restoration of either Goree or ...
... maintained that England should retain all the other conquests . He refused the French demands for a participation in the fisheries of New- foundland , for the cession of Cape Breton in America , for the restoration of either Goree or ...
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... maintaining her army in the Prussian terri- tory , and thus compelling Frederick to make large concessions to Vienna . These charges were fully believed by Frederick , and the latter rests on the authority of Prince Galitzin him- self ...
... maintaining her army in the Prussian terri- tory , and thus compelling Frederick to make large concessions to Vienna . These charges were fully believed by Frederick , and the latter rests on the authority of Prince Galitzin him- self ...
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... maintained that the whole American fishery should be denied her . He had himself in the preceding negotiations consented , on certain conditions , to leave her a part of it ; but he asserted that on this , as on many other points , his ...
... maintained that the whole American fishery should be denied her . He had himself in the preceding negotiations consented , on certain conditions , to leave her a part of it ; but he asserted that on this , as on many other points , his ...
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Page 338 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 337 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Page 203 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole — where not local purposes, not local prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol,...
Page 393 - I can take upon me to assure you, notwithstanding insinuations to the contrary from men with factious and seditious views, that his Majesty's present administration have at no time entertained a design to propose to Parliament to lay any further taxes upon America for the purpose of raising a revenue...