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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Committee can sit while a Grand Committee sits. Mr. Knightley. If forty be but in the House, to make a Grand … House to hear it. He was commanded to withdraw. Mr. Knightley. It is not parliamentary to receive a Petition, … never guilty of being a turncoat. That sticks with me. Mr. Knightley. The gentleman has given you a very ingenuous …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… votes you have already passed, have gone a great way. Mr. Knightley. Quibene distinguit, bene docet. You must …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… will otherwise determine the dispute of the militia. Mr. Knightley. What necessity requires, must be done; What honour … must expect what Ulysses had from Polyphemus. I second Mr. Knightley's motion. I would not have the House caught in any …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… put, if that shall be put; and that will decide it. Mr. Knightley. If you put it upon the legal part, I shall, as Mr. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… given to them; and first begin with the judicial part. Mr. Knightley. When a point is before us, we may discourse upon … I would have it first put, if it shall be hereditary. Mr. Knightley. A man may be worthy in one Parliament, and … If you admit a right, there is no keeping them out. Mr. Knightley. If we be under a force, let us adjourn ourselves, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of Admiralty prepare farther assistances. Mr. Knightley. It is for your honour to be active at sea. It will … Mr. Fowell. I would have the word, very, stand. Mr. Knightley. The word, very, will not add a man: nor is it … to consider of a way how to carry on this business. Mr. Knightley. I second that motion, that a Committee of seven …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… these considerations, I know not when you will end. 3 Mr. Knightley. I should be sorry that any power without doors, … the Parliament. Colonel Parsons. I rise up to second Mr. Knightley's motion, that, sitting the Parliament, the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… moved not to discountenance a charge of this nature. Mr. Knightley moved to have it read, and it was read accordingly. … never answer this, unless you descend to particulars. Mr. Knightley. There is a crime in the bribe given, as in the … to receive a report. Sir Walter Earle agreed to it. Mr. Knightley and Mr. Weaver. Though they were yeas, they ought …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… he be not at his liberty, to set a flame among you. Mr. Knightley. No complaint may come in against a member, but by … The Grand Committee of Trade sat in the afternoon, Mr. Knightley in the chair. A Committee concerning Ireland sat in …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the peace. He craved pardon if he had offended. Mr. Knightley. He ought to be proceeded against, if there is any … he ought to be discharged. Serjeant Maynard agreed. Mr. Knightley and Colonel White moved that he might not only be …