The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1826 |
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The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright, Volume 1 John Cartwright Affichage du livre entier - 1826 |
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Page 141 - Court roll according to the custom of the manor, but not at the will of the lord.
Page 76 - The motives by which he was actuated, were not a sudden ebullition of temper, nor a transient impulse of resentment, but they were deliberate, methodical and unyielding. There was no pause, no hesitation, no despondency; every day and every hour, was employed in some contribution towards the main design, if not in action, in writing; if not with the pen, in conversation; if not in talking, in meditation.
Page 72 - I was confident that our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation, until that ancient law were restored among us. For who sees not, that while such assemblies are permitted to have a longer duration, there grows up a commerce of corruption between the ministry and the deputies, wherein they both find account, to the manifest danger of liberty; which traffic would neither answer the design nor expence, if parliaments met once a year.
Page 116 - ... be the settlement of the Civil List. There may be other questions of importance. Your Grace will feel how important it is that you should take your seat at an early period, and that the House of Lords should be attended by its members from the moment at which Parliament will be assembled. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Grace's most obedient humble servant,, WELLINGTON. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham, &c., KG On the 15th of October, Parliament assembled, and the Eight Hon.
Page 213 - His final conclusion is, that every " man has a right to an equal share in represent" ation. " Now, my Lord, T conceive the error to lie " chiefly in the conclusion. For there is a very great " difference between having an equal right to a " share, and a right to an equal share.
Page 406 - As this work is universally acknowledged to form the most complete epitome of the Life, Character, and Opinions of this extraordinary man, it is presumed that this New Edition, compressed into 4 vols. and published at a very moderate price, will be extremely acceptable to the public, and that there are few who will not be desirous of possessing it.
Page 405 - The Count de Segur was connected by ties of friendship or consanguinity with all the remarkable personages of the Courts of Louis XV. and XVI. and was engaged in the intercourse of Affairs and Society with Catherine II...
Page 406 - COUNT LAS CASES' JOURNAL of the PRIVATE LIFE and CONVERSATIONS of the late EMPEROR NAPOLEON; a new edition, illustrated with Portraits of Napoleon and Las Cases; a View of the House in which Napoleon was born, at Ajaccio in Corsica; four coloured Views of St. Helena, taken on the spot ; besides Maps, Plans, &c. complete in 4 handsome volumes, 8vo.
Page 82 - Personality is the sole foundation of the right of being represented; and that property has, in reality, nothing to do in the case. The property of any one, be it more or be it less, is totally involved in the man.
Page 81 - Though a man should have neither lands nor gold, nor herds nor flocks; yet he may have parents and kindred, he may possess a wife and an offspring to be solicitous for; he hath also, by birthright, a property in the English Constitution; which, if not unworthy...