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The LIFE of JAMES the SECOND , KING of ENGLAND , & c . collected out of Memoirs writ of his own Hand , together with the King's Advice to his Son , and His Majesty's Will . Published by com- mand of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ...
The LIFE of JAMES the SECOND , KING of ENGLAND , & c . collected out of Memoirs writ of his own Hand , together with the King's Advice to his Son , and His Majesty's Will . Published by com- mand of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ...
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Page 316 - That an humble address be presented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty the thanks of this House for his most gracious message to this House, signified by His Grace the Lord-lieutenant.
Page 49 - Europe, but are particularly so, when connected with the propagation of principles which lead to the violation of the most sacred duties, and are utterly subversive of the peace and order of all civil society.
Page 134 - Let us, said he, make relief in cases where there are a number of children, a matter of right and an honour, instead of a ground for opprobrium and contempt. This will make a large family a blessing, and not a curse ; and this will draw a proper line of distinction between those who are able to provide for themselves by their labour, and those who, after having enriched their country with a number of children, have a claim • upon its assistance for their support.
Page 336 - ... of a great, a powerful, or an independent nation. This, Sir, is inference no longer ; you have their own open avowal; you have it stated in the subsequent declaration of France itself, that it is not against your commerce, that it is not against your wealth, it is not against your possessions in the East, or colonies in the West, it is not against even the source of your maritime greatness, it is not against any of the appendages of your empire, but against the very essence of your liberty, against...
Page 433 - I trust that all who value the national honour, and the national safety, will co-opeV rate in the desirable purpose of obtaining, by an efficient and comprehensive tax upon real ability, every advantage which flourishing and invigorated resources can confer upon national efforts.
Page 183 - ... alone the prolongation of the calamities of war must be ascribed. "I shall immediately send a person to Paris with full powers to treat for this object, and it is my anxious wish that this measure may lead to the restoration of general peace, but you must be sensible that nothing can so much contribute to give effect to this desire, as your manifesting that we possess both the determination and the resources to oppose, with increased activity and energy, the further efforts with which we may...
Page 135 - Experience had already shewn how much could be done by the industry of children, and the advantages of early employing them in such branches of manufactures as they are capable to execute. The extension of schools of industry was also an object of material importance. If any one would take the trouble to compute the amount of all the earnings of the children who are already educated in this manner, he would be surprised...
Page 299 - Russell moved the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales.
Page 337 - I trust, a man in this happy and free nation, whose stake is so small, that he would not be ready to sacrifice his life in the same cause. If we look at it with a view to safety, this would be our conduct; but if we look at it upon the principle of true honour, of the character which we have to support, of the example which we have to set to the other nations of Europe, if we view rightly the lot in which Providence has placed us, and the contrast between ourselves and all the other countries in...
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| Title | The speeches of ... William Pitt in the House of commons [ed. by W.S. Hathaway]. Volume 2 of The speeches of ... William Pitt in the House of commons [ed. by W.S. Hathaway], William Pitt |
| Author | William Pitt |
| Editor | W S Hathaway |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1817 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 May 2006 |
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