The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] Containing an Account of the Interesting Speeches and Motions ... During the 1st Session of the 14th [-18th] Parliament of Great BritainJ. Almon, 1800 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 64
Seite 17
... say , nor did he believe , the warmeft well - wishers of that measure had ever been weak or abfurd enough to affert that no inconveniences would attend the adoption of it ; that he had himself feen and felt fome inconveniences which had ...
... say , nor did he believe , the warmeft well - wishers of that measure had ever been weak or abfurd enough to affert that no inconveniences would attend the adoption of it ; that he had himself feen and felt fome inconveniences which had ...
Seite 50
... say that his actions on the coaft of Egypt were unrivalled , but he would say , that there never were any in which there were displayed more he- roifm , more skill , and greater exertion . This was the character of Sir Sidney Smith ...
... say that his actions on the coaft of Egypt were unrivalled , but he would say , that there never were any in which there were displayed more he- roifm , more skill , and greater exertion . This was the character of Sir Sidney Smith ...
Seite 57
... say so ? Would Mi- nifters say that the direct object the Emperor of Germany had in view was not his own aggrandizement ? Would they fay that he was acting in common concert with Great Britain and Ruffia for the overthrow of the French ...
... say so ? Would Mi- nifters say that the direct object the Emperor of Germany had in view was not his own aggrandizement ? Would they fay that he was acting in common concert with Great Britain and Ruffia for the overthrow of the French ...
Seite 61
... say that we were fafe formerly , when the power and influence of France were undiminished ; or that we would be now fafe , were The to recover what the lately poffeffed , but of which the was de- prived by the aid of British co ...
... say that we were fafe formerly , when the power and influence of France were undiminished ; or that we would be now fafe , were The to recover what the lately poffeffed , but of which the was de- prived by the aid of British co ...
Seite 64
... say , that if they had not grounds to justify a ftrong conviction that the peo- ple of Holland were favourably disposed to our views , the enterprise fhould never have been attempted , or , at all events , fhould be now abandoned ...
... say , that if they had not grounds to justify a ftrong conviction that the peo- ple of Holland were favourably disposed to our views , the enterprise fhould never have been attempted , or , at all events , fhould be now abandoned ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
addrefs affertion againſt alfo allies anſwer army becauſe bill Bonaparte cafe caufe cauſe Chancellor PITT circumftances Commiffioners conduct confequence confideration confidered Conftitution courſe defire difpofition Dutch enemy eſtabliſhed Europe exifted expedition expreffed fafe faid falary fame fecurity feemed fent fentiments fervice fhall fhould fince fincere fituation fome force fpirit France French ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fupply fuppofe fupport fure fyftem Government Government of France himſelf hoftile Holland Houfe Houſe increaſe inftance intereft itſelf Jacobin laft lefs Lord Grenville Lord Holland Lordships Majefty Majefty's meaſure ment Militia Minifters moft moſt motion muft muſt neceffary neceffity negotiation noble Lord obferved object occafion opinion paffed Parliament peace perfons poffeffion poffible prefent principles propofed purpoſe queftion reafon refpect refult Republic reſtoration Revolution right honourable gentleman Ruffia ſaid ſhall Stadtholder ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treaty troops uſe whofe William Sidney Smith
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 665 - ... being read, The Houfe refolved itfelf into the faid Committee ; and, after fome time fpent therein, Mr. Speaker refumed the chair, and Mr...
Seite 118 - For the motion 14 ; against it 24. (COMMONS.) On the order of the day for the third reading of the Irish Tithe Bill, Mr.
Seite 665 - PITT moved the order of the day, for the Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to confider of Ways and Means for railing a fupply granted to His Majefty.
Seite 354 - Such has been the precious defence of the slave trade; and such is the argument set up for Austria, in this instance of Venice. " I did not commit the crime of trampling on the independence of Venice. I did not seize on the city; I gave a quid pro quo. It was a matter of barter and indemnity; I gave half a million of human beings to be put under the yoke of France in another district, and I had these people turned over to me in return...
Seite 637 - upon the plain of the field of battle, but upon this plain, the floor of this Houfe, that the Conftitution of England has triumphed, and triumphed it has, without the aid of external force; and it was done by the arms which we have flill in our hands.
Seite 341 - We must, then, respect in others the indignation which such an act would excite in ourselves; and when we see it established, on the most indisputable testimony, that both at Pilnitz and at Mantua declarations were made to this effect, it is idle to say that, as far as the Emperor and the King of Prussia were concerned, they were not the aggressors in the war. " Oh! but the decree of the 19th of November, 1792.
Seite 345 - Bourbon manner ; if they have even fraternized with the people of foreign countries, and pretended to make their cause their own, they have only faithfully followed the Bourbon example. They have constantly had Louis, the grand monarque, in their eye. But it may be said, that this example was long ago, and that we ought not to refer to a period so distant.
Seite 340 - I do not know what impression his narrative may make on other gentlemen ; but I will tell him fairly and candidly, he has not convinced me. I continue to think, and until I see better grounds for changing my opinion than any that the right honorable gentleman has this night produced, I shall continue to think, and to say, plainly and explicitly, " that this country was the aggressor in the war.
Seite 314 - ... declined in its decay. It has been invariably the same in every period, operating more or less, according as accident or circumstances might assist it; but it has been inherent in the Revolution in all its stages ; it has equally belonged to Brissot, to Robespierre, to Tallien, to Reubel, to Barras, and to every one of the leaders of the Directory, but to none more than to Bonaparte, in whom now all their powers are united.
Seite 368 - Ireland from being enslaved, that we presume it precisely the period and the circumstances under which she may best declare her free opinion? Now really, sir, I cannot think that gentlemen who talk in this way about Ireland can, with a good grace, rail at military despotism in France. But it seems " Bonaparte has broken his oaths. He has violated his oath of fidelity to the constitution of the third year.