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The first surrender the whole of the Morea and of treaty made between this
country and Greece , into the hands of the Venetians . Turkey , I have no doubt ,
was considered so that the result of our first political by the Turks , as an act of
grace ...
The first surrender the whole of the Morea and of treaty made between this
country and Greece , into the hands of the Venetians . Turkey , I have no doubt ,
was considered so that the result of our first political by the Turks , as an act of
grace ...
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As to were known to be hostile to the Catholic the papers to which the hon .
member al - claims , that therefore the whole influence luded , it was not , he
believed , intended of that government was to be exercised to to lay them before
...
As to were known to be hostile to the Catholic the papers to which the hon .
member al - claims , that therefore the whole influence luded , it was not , he
believed , intended of that government was to be exercised to to lay them before
...
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enable him to support the whole weight of Mr. Hume hoped that , before any
money the administration , together with the was asked for on account of the
supply , duties of the War - office . The noble duke the whole of the estimates for
the year ...
enable him to support the whole weight of Mr. Hume hoped that , before any
money the administration , together with the was asked for on account of the
supply , duties of the War - office . The noble duke the whole of the estimates for
the year ...
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... no relief at all was ermination of the session , he had no doubt afforded ; and
instances had actually octhat it would have met with the same suc- curred , where
, a Catholic being possessed cess in the other House as it had done of the whole
...
... no relief at all was ermination of the session , he had no doubt afforded ; and
instances had actually octhat it would have met with the same suc- curred , where
, a Catholic being possessed cess in the other House as it had done of the whole
...
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... that his gallant of the whole of it — he felt confident that friend who had
introduced the petition , had the honour , dignity , and fair fame of the stated , in a
plain and manly manner , the British character would be better preserved
reasonwhy ...
... that his gallant of the whole of it — he felt confident that friend who had
introduced the petition , had the honour , dignity , and fair fame of the stated , in a
plain and manly manner , the British character would be better preserved
reasonwhy ...
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Page 1023 - That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned.
Page 995 - Second : and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular, as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Page 1023 - That, through a determined and persevering, but at the same time judicious and temperate, enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of His Majesty's subjects.
Page 91 - The present additional article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the convention signed this day.
Page 185 - ... a statute made upon great consideration, introduced in a solemn and pompous manner, has had no other effect than to add at most three words to a conveyance.
Page 679 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
Page 247 - 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 book — 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...
Page 3 - Notwithstanding the valour displayed by the combined fleet, his Majesty deeply laments that this conflict should have occurred with the naval force of an ancient ally ; but he still entertains a confident hope that this untoward event will not be followed by further hostilities, and will not impede that amicable adjustment of the exisfjng differences between the Porte and the Greeks, to which it is so manifestly their common interest to accede.
Page 1003 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles...
Page 247 - ... the emoluments superfluous to one content with the rest of his industrious fellow-citizens, that his own hands minister to his wants : And as for the power supposed to follow it — I have lived near half a century, and I have learned that power and place may be severed. But one power I do prize ; that of being the advocate of my countrymen here, and their fellow-labourer elsewhere, in those things which concern the best interests of mankind. That power, I know full well, no government can give...