History of the Westminster Election ...1784 - 574 pages |
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... represent to his Majefty , that it has anciently been the prac- " tice of this Houfe , to with - hold fupplies until grievances were re- " dreffed ; and that , if we were to follow this courfe in the present 66 conjuncture , we should ...
... represent to his Majefty , that it has anciently been the prac- " tice of this Houfe , to with - hold fupplies until grievances were re- " dreffed ; and that , if we were to follow this courfe in the present 66 conjuncture , we should ...
Page 87
... represent this great and refpectable city in Parliament on the approaching election ; we beg leave to folicit the honour of your countenance and fupport ; and if we should be fo fortunate , through your voluntary fuffrages , to become ...
... represent this great and refpectable city in Parliament on the approaching election ; we beg leave to folicit the honour of your countenance and fupport ; and if we should be fo fortunate , through your voluntary fuffrages , to become ...
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... represent this great and refpectable city . To fecure to the People of this country the weight which belongs to them in the fcale of the Conftitution , has ever been the principle of my political conduct . Conscious that in every ...
... represent this great and refpectable city . To fecure to the People of this country the weight which belongs to them in the fcale of the Conftitution , has ever been the principle of my political conduct . Conscious that in every ...
Page 134
... represent this city in Parlia- ment ? Sir Cecil is a firm friend to the revenue . He proposed the tax upon housemaids , which cannot fail of being productive . Many taxes are liable to be evaded , but every house- holder in Westminster ...
... represent this city in Parlia- ment ? Sir Cecil is a firm friend to the revenue . He proposed the tax upon housemaids , which cannot fail of being productive . Many taxes are liable to be evaded , but every house- holder in Westminster ...
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... represent Mr. Churchill's going out of town as a fymptom of defpair , but it certainly was his health only that obliged him to leave London at a moment , when his prefence was fo effential to the intereft of the cause he has efpoufed ...
... represent Mr. Churchill's going out of town as a fymptom of defpair , but it certainly was his health only that obliged him to leave London at a moment , when his prefence was fo effential to the intereft of the cause he has efpoufed ...
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Addrefs ADVERTISEMENT affert affure againſt anfwer becauſe cafe Caffon Candidates canvafs caufe cauſe Charles Fox Charles James Fox clofe Committee conduct confequence confideration conftables Conftitution Court Covent Garden deferted defired Derry Duchefs Election Electors of Weſtminſter faid fame favour fcrutiny fecure feems fenfe fent fervants fervice feven feveral fhall fhould fide fince firft fome foon Fox's fpirit freedom friends ftand ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuppofed fupport fure Gentlemen High Bailiff himſelf honeft honour Hood and Sir Houfe of Commons Houſe Huftings Independent Electors intereft juftice Lady laft liberty Lord Hood Lord Mahon Lord North Majefty Majefty's meaſures Minifters moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved occafion oppofition pafs Parliament party perfons Pitt poll prefent purpoſe queftion reafon refolution Refolved refpectable reprefent riot Sir Cecil Wray thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe vote Weft Westminster whofe Wood's Hotel Wray's yeſterday
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