The Parliamentary Register: Or an Impartial Report of the Debates that Have Occured in the Two Houses of Parliament, Volume 3 |
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... nabob of the Car- natic . He began by requesting the indulgence of the house , unconnected as he was with any party , and un- supported by any influence except what might be expected from the strength of the cause . Before he had become ...
... nabob of the Car- natic . He began by requesting the indulgence of the house , unconnected as he was with any party , and un- supported by any influence except what might be expected from the strength of the cause . Before he had become ...
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... nabob of the Carnatic , though the letter was dated 1792 , and Omdut ul Omrah had not ascended the musnud till 1796 , from which it would appear that the document was a forgery . The honourable baronet went through áll . the twenty ...
... nabob of the Carnatic , though the letter was dated 1792 , and Omdut ul Omrah had not ascended the musnud till 1796 , from which it would appear that the document was a forgery . The honourable baronet went through áll . the twenty ...
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... nabob , and declaring that the British parliament will never countenance an act of injustice and oppression in India ; and stating the propriety of appointing a com- mitice to inquire into the best means of indemnifying the family of ...
... nabob , and declaring that the British parliament will never countenance an act of injustice and oppression in India ; and stating the propriety of appointing a com- mitice to inquire into the best means of indemnifying the family of ...
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... nabob of the Carnatic . The first observation which this fact suggested was ,, that any correspondence of this nature was contrary to the existing treaty , and the second observation was , that the mere existence of the correspondence ...
... nabob of the Carnatic . The first observation which this fact suggested was ,, that any correspondence of this nature was contrary to the existing treaty , and the second observation was , that the mere existence of the correspondence ...
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... nabob of Arcot had never wanted advocates ( as the house had witnessed even that night ) to assert that he was an independant sovereign , and as many honourable members might not have had leisure or inclination to peruse the papers laid ...
... nabob of Arcot had never wanted advocates ( as the house had witnessed even that night ) to assert that he was an independant sovereign , and as many honourable members might not have had leisure or inclination to peruse the papers laid ...
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Page 322 - Then ensued a scene of woe the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Page 170 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 226 - And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them?" — King or queen,
Page 226 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 459 - The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for the house...
Page 321 - Arcot and his creditors are not adversaries, but collusive parties, and that the whole transaction is under a false colour and false names. The litigation is not, nor ever has been, between their rapacity and his hoarded riches. No ; it is between him and them combining and confederating on one side, and the public revenues, and the miserable inhabitants of a ruined country, on the other.
Page 322 - When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty and no signature could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind.
Page 629 - His majesty doubts not that in the result the enemy will be convinced of the impolicy of persevering in a system which retorts upon himself, in so much greater proportion, those evils which he endeavours to inflict upon this country.
Page 629 - His Majesty views with the liveliest interest the loyal and determined spirit manifested by the Spanish nation, in resisting the violence and perfidy with which their dearest rights have been assailed.
Page 172 - ... rigorous, though not professedly of the sanguinary kind, that they do all the hurt that can possibly be done in cold blood. But in answer to this it may be observed, (what foreigners who only judge from our statute book are not fully apprized of) that these laws are seldom exerted to their utmost rigor : and indeed, if they were, it would be very difficult to excuse them.