The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Հատոր 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
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... sitting while the king and Lord Bute were making out lists of the court candidates , and using every exertion to secure their return . The king not only wrested government boroughs from the ministers , in order to nominate his own ...
... sitting while the king and Lord Bute were making out lists of the court candidates , and using every exertion to secure their return . The king not only wrested government boroughs from the ministers , in order to nominate his own ...
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... sitting in judgment upon the personal conduct of their sovereign . " But perhaps the best position for the Crown was that assumed by the Earl of Selkirk . The king , he said , could not be accountable to 1 Hans . Deb . , ix . 355–365 ...
... sitting in judgment upon the personal conduct of their sovereign . " But perhaps the best position for the Crown was that assumed by the Earl of Selkirk . The king , he said , could not be accountable to 1 Hans . Deb . , ix . 355–365 ...
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... sitting , avowedly for the purpose of forming an administration from a party whose following com- prised less than a fourth of the House of Commons , 1- - pre- sented an unpromising view of constitutional government , after the Reform ...
... sitting , avowedly for the purpose of forming an administration from a party whose following com- prised less than a fourth of the House of Commons , 1- - pre- sented an unpromising view of constitutional government , after the Reform ...
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... sitting in the House of Commons ; but otherwise these extensive means of influence have been in- trusted to the executive government , without any apprehen- sion that they will be perverted to uses injurious to the freedom , or public ...
... sitting in the House of Commons ; but otherwise these extensive means of influence have been in- trusted to the executive government , without any apprehen- sion that they will be perverted to uses injurious to the freedom , or public ...
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... sitting , and at a time when the personal exercise of the royal authority was not urgently required , except for the purposes already noticed . The constitutional questions , therefore , which had been so fully argued in 1788 , - though ...
... sitting , and at a time when the personal exercise of the royal authority was not urgently required , except for the purposes already noticed . The constitutional questions , therefore , which had been so fully argued in 1788 , - though ...
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The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George ..., Հատոր 1 Thomas Erskine May Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1891 |
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Էջ 135 - She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in sufficient time to make herself acquainted with their contents before they must be sent off.
Էջ 21 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Էջ 444 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation, the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the Peers and the Crown to a tax, is only necessary to close with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Էջ 392 - Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it...
Էջ 418 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Էջ 135 - ... in order to prevent any mistake for the future, shortly to explain what it is she expects from her Foreign Secretary. She requires: 1. That he will distinctly state what he proposes in a given case, in order that the Queen may know as distinctly to what she has given her Royal sanction. 2. Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister.
Էջ 460 - LORD, from the evil man ; and preserve me from the wicked man ; 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips.
Էջ 54 - I bent the whole force of my mind to, was the reduction of that corrupt influence, which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder ; which loads us, more than millions of debt ; which takes away vigour from our arms, wisdom from our councils, and every shadow of authority and credit from the most venerable parts of our constitution.
Էջ 67 - That it is now necessary to declare, that to report any opinion, or pretended opinion of his Majesty upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanour, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the Constitution of this country.
Էջ 214 - ... such persons only as have just claims on the royal beneficence, or who, by their personal services to the crown, by the performance of duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries in science, and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their Sovereign, and the gratitude of their country.