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, 1784 |
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... reason why nothing had hitherto been done . Various committees , he observed , had been from time to time appointed by that House , and such infinite pains had been taken to investigate and enquire into the real state of our Indian ...
... reason why nothing had hitherto been done . Various committees , he observed , had been from time to time appointed by that House , and such infinite pains had been taken to investigate and enquire into the real state of our Indian ...
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... reason for making this motion was , that he intended to take up the business of taxes , if Ministers should neglect , and to propose to the House that the people of England should be untaxed before they were burdened with any farther ...
... reason for making this motion was , that he intended to take up the business of taxes , if Ministers should neglect , and to propose to the House that the people of England should be untaxed before they were burdened with any farther ...
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... for the preservation of the India Company , and the restoration of the welfare of their concerns , that his most deliberate attention could suggest ; and and that he did it , for no other reason 30 A. 1783 PARLIAMENTARY.
... for the preservation of the India Company , and the restoration of the welfare of their concerns , that his most deliberate attention could suggest ; and and that he did it , for no other reason 30 A. 1783 PARLIAMENTARY.
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... reason upon earth , than be- cause the neceffity that called for it was so urgent , that it pressed itself forwards , irrefistibly , and as a matter that would not admit of farther delay . Did any man doubt the truth of this affertion ...
... reason upon earth , than be- cause the neceffity that called for it was so urgent , that it pressed itself forwards , irrefistibly , and as a matter that would not admit of farther delay . Did any man doubt the truth of this affertion ...
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... reason for calling the first Commit- tee , than that it was now at an end ) carried in them princi- ples to which he gave his most perfect acquiefcence , because they appeared to him to be principles of justice , of huma- nity , and of ...
... reason for calling the first Commit- tee , than that it was now at an end ) carried in them princi- ples to which he gave his most perfect acquiefcence , because they appeared to him to be principles of justice , of huma- nity , and of ...
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Page 603 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 392 - How that might change his nature, there's the question: It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; And that craves wary walking. Crown him? — that? And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with.
Page 377 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 392 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 265 - But this gentleman, a subject, may this day say this at least with truth, — that he secures the rice in his pot to every man in India. A poet of antiquity thought it one of the first distinctions to a prince whom he meant to celebrate, that through a long succession of generations he had been the progenitor of an able and virtuous citizen who by force of the arts of peace had corrected governments of oppression and suppressed wars of rapine. Indole proh quanta...
Page 225 - Every other conqueror of every other description has left some monument, either of state or beneficence, behind him. Were we to be driven out of India this day, nothing would remain, to tell that it had been possessed, during the inglorious period of our dominion, by...
Page 377 - And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate.
Page 377 - And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Page 265 - Fourth wished that he might live to see a fowl in the pot of every peasant in his kingdom. That sentiment of homely benevolence was worth all the splendid sayings that are recorded of kings. But he wished perhaps for more than could be obtained, and the goodness of the man exceeded the power of the king. But this gentleman, a subject, may this day say this at least, with truth, that he secures the rice in his pot to every man in India.
Page 266 - India, which will not bless the presiding care and manly beneficence of this house, and of him who proposes to you this great work.