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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... members . He did not resign with Pitt ; on the contrary , he held an important office in the Addington ... member was at liberty to do so . On another occasion , he had gone on for an hour speaking upon what subject no one could guess ...
... members . He did not resign with Pitt ; on the contrary , he held an important office in the Addington ... member was at liberty to do so . On another occasion , he had gone on for an hour speaking upon what subject no one could guess ...
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... members to Parliament on the corporations , freeholders , or burgage - tenants of numerous small towns . Powerful peers and wealthy commoners had bought pro- perty in these small boroughs with a view to increase their political ...
... members to Parliament on the corporations , freeholders , or burgage - tenants of numerous small towns . Powerful peers and wealthy commoners had bought pro- perty in these small boroughs with a view to increase their political ...
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... members usually sent out when a party motion was in contemplation , could not be allowed to me on the question of reform . An old and powerful Whig member of Parliament told me that he never knew the question of parliamentary reform ...
... members usually sent out when a party motion was in contemplation , could not be allowed to me on the question of reform . An old and powerful Whig member of Parliament told me that he never knew the question of parliamentary reform ...
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... members of the House of Commons in Lord Althorp's room at the Albany , a scheme for taking away one member from a certain number of the smaller boroughs . Lord Palmerston and Mr. Grant had , with Lord Melbourne , followed Mr. Canning in ...
... members of the House of Commons in Lord Althorp's room at the Albany , a scheme for taking away one member from a certain number of the smaller boroughs . Lord Palmerston and Mr. Grant had , with Lord Melbourne , followed Mr. Canning in ...
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... members who had never voted for reform on previous occasions , and who were really hostile to any change in the ... member for Devonshire , and the other for Lancashire , both excel- lent country gentlemen . The second reading was ...
... members who had never voted for reform on previous occasions , and who were really hostile to any change in the ... member for Devonshire , and the other for Lancashire , both excel- lent country gentlemen . The second reading was ...
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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.