Annual Register, Volumen55Edmund Burke 1823 |
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... consequence was , that where some punishment was de- served , none at all was inflicted , and the offender escaped with im- punity . The honourable and learn- ed member then quoted with due encomium the following sentence from Mr ...
... consequence was , that where some punishment was de- served , none at all was inflicted , and the offender escaped with im- punity . The honourable and learn- ed member then quoted with due encomium the following sentence from Mr ...
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... consequence of attainder of treason or felony . He concluded his speech by moving , " that leave be given to bring in a bill to repeal so much of the act of king William as takes away the benefit of clergy from persons pri- vately ...
... consequence of attainder of treason or felony . He concluded his speech by moving , " that leave be given to bring in a bill to repeal so much of the act of king William as takes away the benefit of clergy from persons pri- vately ...
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... no two things could be more distinct . Forfeiture was always a punishment inflicted for an of- fence ; corruption of blood was a consequence of the feudal law . If the latter was intended for a punishment , it GENERAL HISTORY . [ 11.
... no two things could be more distinct . Forfeiture was always a punishment inflicted for an of- fence ; corruption of blood was a consequence of the feudal law . If the latter was intended for a punishment , it GENERAL HISTORY . [ 11.
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... consequence of the unfortunate malady under which his majesty is labouring . The first of these was in 1788 , when it had been determined that the heir apparent to the crown had no more right to the government of the nation than any ...
... consequence of the unfortunate malady under which his majesty is labouring . The first of these was in 1788 , when it had been determined that the heir apparent to the crown had no more right to the government of the nation than any ...
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... consequence , the house was called upon by a regard to the security of the throne and the tran- quillity of the state , to institute , while the witnesses are living on both sides , an ample and impartial investigation into all the ...
... consequence , the house was called upon by a regard to the security of the throne and the tran- quillity of the state , to institute , while the witnesses are living on both sides , an ample and impartial investigation into all the ...
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Página 498 - These scenes, their story not unknown, Arise, and make again your own; Snatch from the ashes of your sires The embers of their former fires; And he who in the strife expires Will add to theirs a name of fear That Tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame: For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.
Página 498 - Say, is not this Thermopylae ? These waters blue that round you lave, O servile offspring of the free ! — Pronounce what sea, what shore is this ? The gulf, the rock of Salamis ! These scenes, their story not unknown, Arise, and make again your own...
Página 8 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Página 498 - Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native land ! There points thy Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die...
Página 413 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Página 7 - Ireland ; with a view to such a final and conciliating adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the United Kingdom ; to the stability of the Protestant Establishment ; and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of His Majesty's subjects.
Página 108 - Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of Prussia.
Página 362 - Happily no people, with local and transitory exceptions never to be wholly avoided, are more able than the people of the United States to spare for the public wants a portion of their private means, whether regard be had...
Página 87 - Sir, — I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that at nine o'clock this morning I got sight of the Dutch fleet.
Página 208 - An Act for continuing in the East India Company for a further term the possession of the British territories in India...