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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… off to the 18th of this Month; which last Motion, after a long and warm Debate, was carrry'd by a Majority of 203 … projected, or at least promoted, by a Gentleman who not long ago sate amongst them; [ meaning Lord Stanhope] and who …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… and lasting happiness entail'd upon your People by a long succession of your royal progeny. And as this is a blessing which these Kingdoms have a long time wanted, so they could never hope to have seen it so … during her life.' Which question occasion'd a warm and long Debate. They who propos'd it had two things principally …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Country: He avows the Service of the Pretender, and e'er long we may hear of him at the Head of an Expedition for … House any more upon that Head, having some Thoughts, e'er long, to present them with a small Collection of Things of … Confederacy, by which the Liberties of Europe had been so long sustain'd against the Power of France, was broke to …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… of King Charles II. this Act, which immediately preceded a long and bloody Civil War, was repeal'd by another Act, the … but even to eradicate that Spirit of Jacobitism, which has long dwelt among us, and has more than once brought this … and that no Body can imagine Discontents will last so long under so wise, so unerring, so pacifick an …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Peace, commonly call'd the Quadruple Alliance, which was a long while depending, and at last sign'd here, on the 22d of …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… for from the Necessity of the Times, the Pressures of a long and expensive War, and the languishing State of Publick … be very surprizing to the whole World, that a Nation, not long ago the Terror of France and Spain, should now seem to … But besides, he must desire Gentlemen to consider, That long before his Majesty's Accession to the Crown, Great …
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… such a large Debt remaining unprovided for; and that as long as the Navy and Victualling Bills are at a very high … be sufficiently employ'd, nor the Balance of Trade be long preserv'd in our Favour, while such Duties are … this Nation must remain, in some Measure, precarious, as long as we are under the Necessity of purchasing and …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Inquiry, whether in a grand or a select Committee. After long Disputes on both Sides, it was resolv'd, Nem. Con. That … to be baffled, as it had been in some late Instances, so long as they wanted so material a Witness as Mr Knight:' And … the other Hand, to proceed in this important Inquiry, so long as the principal Agent of the late SouthSea Directors, …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Gentleman who spoke last; [ Sir J. Jekyll,] for it is not long since he [ See p. 138.] complimented, I will not say … Submission, is, That the civil and military Power cannot long subsist together; that a standing Army in Time of Peace … some ungrounded Insinuations, that it involv'd us in a long and expensive War. Besides, it is every Year declar'd in …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… that have on all Sides been carrying on during this long unsettled State of Affairs; and you have enabled me to … that Union, which had raised so many Apprehensions, and so long alarmed the World. "The Execution of the Treaty of … and it shall be seen that the Wounds which have been long bleeding are intirely healed, groundless Jealoufies will …