Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volym 1

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H. Colburn, 1839
 

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Sida 312 - ... they say it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect : which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Sida 213 - I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour » and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.
Sida 424 - ... at the rate of four pounds per centum per annum, from the day of , in the year of our Lord (6) sha'll have been levied.
Sida 312 - ... if some princes in the world had them, they would soon hope to be lords of all the seas, and ere long of all the world...
Sida 72 - I am, with great truth and regard, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, LANSDOWNE.
Sida 237 - You may ravage — you cannot conquer ; it is impossible : you cannot conquer the Americans. You talk of your numerous friends to annihilate the congress, and of your powerful forces to disperse their army : I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch ! But what would you conquer — the map of America?
Sida 142 - Burke is unquestionably the first orator of the Commons of England. Boundless in knowledge — instantaneous in his apprehensions — abundant in his language, he speaks with profound attention, and acknowledged superiority, notwithstanding the want of energy, the want of grace, (he could see this in another,) and the want of elegance in his manner.
Sida 421 - Humbly show unto our sovereign lord the king, the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in parliament assembled, that whereas it is declared and enacted by a statute made in the time of the reign of King Edward the First, commonly called, statutum de tallagio non concedendo...
Sida 412 - QUERIES TO THE JUDGES. [February 16th, 1640.] The Queries ordered to be entered among the ordinances of the House, and also presented to the Lords ? Questions wherein the House of Commons humbly desires that the House of Lords would be pleased to require the Judges to deliver their resolutions. 1. Whether the subjects of this Kingdom be a free people, and to be governed only by the common laws of England, and statutes in this kingdom. 2. Whether the Judges of this land take the oath of Judges...
Sida 422 - Ireland are a free people, and to be governed only according to the common law of England, and statutes made and' established by Parliament in this kingdom of Ireland, and according to the lawful customs used in the same...

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