The Speeches of the Right Honourable William Pitt, in the House of Commons, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... object of contribution ? The họ- nourable gentleman says that capital is the criterion which ought to be adopted in the case of the commercial man , and income where it is derived from land . Taking for granted , that the prin- ciples ...
... object of contribution ? The họ- nourable gentleman says that capital is the criterion which ought to be adopted in the case of the commercial man , and income where it is derived from land . Taking for granted , that the prin- ciples ...
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... object then is to make cans of individuals applicable to a supply within the et ted still , that it is unjust that the man who has an income , the fruit of his labour , should pay in the a man who has the same revenue from fixed pro ...
... object then is to make cans of individuals applicable to a supply within the et ted still , that it is unjust that the man who has an income , the fruit of his labour , should pay in the a man who has the same revenue from fixed pro ...
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... object could be kept . in view and be attained by calm , dispas- sionate , sober investigation , no man would be readier than my . self to assent to any measure for that purpose . 1799. ] 21 PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES . 17.
... object could be kept . in view and be attained by calm , dispas- sionate , sober investigation , no man would be readier than my . self to assent to any measure for that purpose . 1799. ] 21 PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES . 17.
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... object until the manners and customs of the people are altered - if men are in a state of poverty in which it is impossible they can have any comfort - if the progress of ci- vilization depends in a great measure upon the distribution ...
... object until the manners and customs of the people are altered - if men are in a state of poverty in which it is impossible they can have any comfort - if the progress of ci- vilization depends in a great measure upon the distribution ...
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... object may not hereafter occur between the two par- liaments . That they have not hitherto differed in the great and momentous events which have been agitated before parliament , is a good fortune which has arisen from one general cause ...
... object may not hereafter occur between the two par- liaments . That they have not hitherto differed in the great and momentous events which have been agitated before parliament , is a good fortune which has arisen from one general cause ...
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Seite 15 - His Majesty is persuaded that the unremitting industry with which our enemies persevere in their avowed design of effecting the separation of Ireland from this kingdom cannot fail to engage the particular attention of Parliament. And His Majesty recommends it...
Seite 67 - Ireland have severally agreed and resolved, that, in order to promote and secure the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the strength, power, and resources of the British Empire, it will be advisable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...
Seite 368 - Army. The maintenance of a standing army, in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, is prohibited by the Bill of Rights of 1690.
Seite 68 - Ireland of any articles now duty free; and that on other articles there shall be established, for a time to be limited, such a moderate rate of equal duties as shall previous to the union, be agreed upon and approved by the respective parliaments, subject, after the expiration of such limited time, to be diminished equally with respect to both kingdoms, but in no case to be increased ; that all articles which may at any time hereafter be imported into Great Britain from foreign parts, shall be importable...
Seite 67 - Ireland shall, upon the first day of January which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom, by the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Seite 147 - ... course of events ; and that it will be the duty of his Majesty's ministers from time to time to adapt their measures to any variation of circumstances, to consider how far the effects of the military operations of the allies or of the internal disposition of France correspond with our present expectations ; and, on a view of the whole, to compare the difficulties or risks which may arise in the prosecution of the contest with the prospect of ultimate success, or of the degree of advantage to...
Seite 125 - Buonaparte, then commanding the army of the Triumvirate in Paris. To that constitution he then swore fidelity. How often he has repeated the same oath I know not ; but twice, at least, we know that he has not only repeated it himself, but tendered it to others, under circumstances too striking not to be stated. Sir, the house cannot have forgotten the revolution of the fourth of September, which produced the dismissal of Lord Malmesbury from Lisle. How was that revolution procured? It was procured...
Seite 141 - ... beginning to vanish, will not again prove formidable to Europe ? Can we forget that in the ten years in which that power has subsisted, it has brought more misery on surrounding nations, and produced more acts of aggression, cruelty, perfidy, and enormous ambition than can be traced in the history of France for the centuries which have elapsed since the foundation of its monarchy, including all the wars which, in the course of that period, have been waged by any of those sovereigns, whose projects...
Seite 135 - What grounds have we to believe that this new usurpation, more odious and more undisguised than all that preceded it, will be more durable? Is it that we rely on the particular provisions contained in the code of the pretended Constitution, which was proclaimed as accepted by the French people as soon as the garrison of Paris declared their determination to exterminate all its enemies, and before any of its articles could even be known to half the country, whose consent was required for its establishment?...
Seite 117 - It is most unquestionably true, that this was one and a principal cause of this unparalleled outrage; but another, and an equally substantial cause (as appears by their own statements), was the division and partition of the territories of what they thought a falling power. It is impossible to dismiss this subject without observing that this attack against Egypt was accompanied by an attack upon the British possessions in India, made on true revolutionary principles. In Europe, the propagation of...