Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: And of the Principal Events of His Time, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1810 |
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... House of Commons . Several persons re- fuse places . Lord Rockingham refuses to see Lord Chat- ham . Mr. Stuart Mackenzie restored . Lord Chatham not united with Lord Bute CHAP . XXXII . Embargo on the exportation of Corn . Con- ference ...
... House of Commons . Several persons re- fuse places . Lord Rockingham refuses to see Lord Chat- ham . Mr. Stuart Mackenzie restored . Lord Chatham not united with Lord Bute CHAP . XXXII . Embargo on the exportation of Corn . Con- ference ...
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... House of Commons . America the true cause . Second conference at Newcastle House . Anecdotes of Mr. Lowndes's Tickets , and of the Judge's Tickets . Nabob of Arcot's Members . Judge Yates tampered with . Lord Rockingham waits on the ...
... House of Commons . America the true cause . Second conference at Newcastle House . Anecdotes of Mr. Lowndes's Tickets , and of the Judge's Tickets . Nabob of Arcot's Members . Judge Yates tampered with . Lord Rockingham waits on the ...
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... House of Commons on the Middlesex Election . His speech on secret influence . On the civil list , and dismission of Lord Camden . Fact concerning Queen Anne's civil list . Mr. Grenville's election bill CHAP . XXXVIII . Lord Chatham's ...
... House of Commons on the Middlesex Election . His speech on secret influence . On the civil list , and dismission of Lord Camden . Fact concerning Queen Anne's civil list . Mr. Grenville's election bill CHAP . XXXVIII . Lord Chatham's ...
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... house ; but Mr. Grenville was gone to the House of Commons ; upon which Lord Eglintoun went there to him ; but meeting with Mr. Stuart Mackenzie , he incautiously told him of the intend- ed meeting , and that gentleman immediately in ...
... house ; but Mr. Grenville was gone to the House of Commons ; upon which Lord Eglintoun went there to him ; but meeting with Mr. Stuart Mackenzie , he incautiously told him of the intend- ed meeting , and that gentleman immediately in ...
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... House of Lords upon particular business , and it was growing late . Lord Eglintoun then desired he would stay only five minutes . This was refused : lastly , he request- ed only three minutes ; and this was refused also , But in the ...
... House of Lords upon particular business , and it was growing late . Lord Eglintoun then desired he would stay only five minutes . This was refused : lastly , he request- ed only three minutes ; and this was refused also , But in the ...
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Seite 269 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Seite 314 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Seite 302 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Seite 275 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Seite 303 - ... of the woods — to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character.
Seite 268 - ... to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed. Avoid, then, this humiliating, disgraceful necessity. With a dignity becoming your exalted situation, make the first advances to concord, to peace, and happiness; for that is your true dignity, to act with prudence and justice. That you should first concede, is obvious, from sound and rational policy. Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power. It reconciles superiority of power with the feelings...
Seite 268 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Seite 302 - You may swell every expence, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German Prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign Prince ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent — doubly so from this mercenary aid on which...
Seite 240 - Robert had heard them all he assured them that he was conscious of having meant well ; that in the present inflamed temper of the people the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force...
Seite 316 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.