Selections from Speeches of Earl Russell 1817 to 1841, and from Dispatches, 1859 to 1865: With Introductions, Volumen1Longmans, Green and Company, 1870 |
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... Constitution . In 1801 , in framing the measure for a legislative Union with Ireland , Pitt had proclaimed as its basis , that England , Scotland and Ireland were to be placed on a footing of equality . He contemplated the admission of ...
... Constitution . In 1801 , in framing the measure for a legislative Union with Ireland , Pitt had proclaimed as its basis , that England , Scotland and Ireland were to be placed on a footing of equality . He contemplated the admission of ...
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... constitutional government , as it had existed from the accession of the House of Hanover , and tended to no practical result . ( Yet the case against the House of Commons , as an imperfect and distorted image of the people , was ...
... constitutional government , as it had existed from the accession of the House of Hanover , and tended to no practical result . ( Yet the case against the House of Commons , as an imperfect and distorted image of the people , was ...
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... Constitution ! Such , however , was the spirit of the Government of Liverpool and Castlereagh . After the disfranchisement of Grampound , I revolved in my mind a plan for the reform of the whole state of the representation . In ...
... Constitution ! Such , however , was the spirit of the Government of Liverpool and Castlereagh . After the disfranchisement of Grampound , I revolved in my mind a plan for the reform of the whole state of the representation . In ...
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... Constitution is the holy repository ; and let us not , for the chance of rendering it more intense and more radiant , impair its purity or hazard its extinc- tion ! The noble lord is entitled to the acknowledgments of the House , for ...
... Constitution is the holy repository ; and let us not , for the chance of rendering it more intense and more radiant , impair its purity or hazard its extinc- tion ! The noble lord is entitled to the acknowledgments of the House , for ...
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... constitution of the House of Commons was perfect , and that the wit of man could not à priori have devised anything so good , the general feeling was one of dismay . The House of Lords , usually so calm , showed signs of amazement and ...
... constitution of the House of Commons was perfect , and that the wit of man could not à priori have devised anything so good , the general feeling was one of dismay . The House of Lords , usually so calm , showed signs of amazement and ...
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adopt argument Assembly Baronet Bill boroughs British Brougham Cabinet carried Church of England Church of Ireland civil classes colony Commissioners Committee consider Constitution corruption county Members Crown danger declared disfranchised Duke Duke of Wellington duty effect elections electors Established Church evils favour feel franchise Gentleman give Government House of Commons House of Lords inhabitants interests Irish Church justice King labour land liberty Lord Althorp Lord Brougham Lord Grey LORD JOHN RUSSELL Lord Melbourne Majesty's majority Manchester marriage means measure ment Ministers Ministry motion National noble Friend noble Lord object occasion opinion parish Parliament party persons Pitt political Poor-law popular population present principle propose proposition question Reform religious representation representatives resolution respect Roman Catholic Scotland sending Members Sir Robert Peel speech thought tion tithes told Tory towns vote Wellington Whigs whole wish
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Página 124 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Página 223 - Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Página 366 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 251 - 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...
Página 176 - Adfirmabant autem hanc fuisse summam vel culpae suae vel erroris, quod essent soliti stato die ante lucem convenire carmenque Christo quasi deo dicere secum invicem seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent.
Página 48 - Germany ; in many respects, to those at the present day — in more, to those existing at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The Germans are generally unaware of the existence of such resemblances.
Página 109 - And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesars. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Cassar's ; and unto God the things that are God's.
Página 183 - Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder.
Página 51 - His opinions no man knew ; they were simply the opinions of the house of commons. He had with equal ability advocated every possible opinion ; as the majority had with equal impartiality voted.
Página 126 - School shall be open to children of all communions ; that due regard be had to parental right and authority ; that, accordingly, no child shall receive or be present at any religious instruction of which his parents or guardians disapprove ; and that the time for giving it be so fixed, that no child shall be thereby, in effect, excluded, directly or indirectly, from the other advantages which the school affords.