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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… for in this House, I shall always be against any such, as long as I have the Honour to sit in this House; nor shall any … once to this House, is in great Danger of not remaining long a Secret: It was never known that a Secret was long kept by any such numerous Assembly; and therefore we …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… he recovered of that Indisposition, and lived a long Time after in a State of perfect Health; and even when … comes to pass of Moment, they cry, O! this we told you long ago; and thus they pretend to have foretold every great … in the Winter Time, he would not have had Occasion for long Nights, or foggy Weather, as a Reason for my having …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… afraid, that all other Methods will prove ineffectual, as long as the Duty is so high, and so much Advantage to be got … those of the Customs will prevent the Running of Tea, as long as the Advantage to be got by it continues so …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… are Parties and Divisions among us, and always will be, as long as we are a free People, ten or twelve thousand … the War will attack us, or do any thing to disoblige us as long as we remain quiet, and they are under no Apprehensions … to be discovered, as soon as taken; and as it requires a long time to raise any Land-Forces, and to discipline the …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… some Regulations in this Particular has not been made long ago. The noble Lord, who made this Motion, took Notice … much Integrity as any other Gentlemen in the House, yet as long as they are liable to be turned out of their Commissions … all the Liberties and Privileges of the People would long ago have been swallowed up by the Prerogative; and, I …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… by excluding them from having Seats in Parliament, as long as they are in an Office which is inconsistent with … in passing such a Bill, for if that, which they have so long struggled to come at, be so near at Hand, as some People … own Defence. What has happened may happen again; but as long as the Parliament continues pure and uncorrupted, they …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… to be of such a National Concernment, that I have long wish'd it undertaken by some Person better able to … of the Dislike the People in general have always had to long Parliaments; a Dislike justly founded on Reason and Experience; long Parliaments in former Reigns having proved the unhappy …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… of a Session, and that Session, I suppose, the last of a long Parliament. I remember that I, as well as some other … his Majesty to send us such a Message, but why it was so long in being sent; therefore I shall not till then so much … Gentlemen are gone into the Country: but as it has been so long delay'd, I hope some few Days will be granted before we …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… the briguing after, save that of being Commissioner to a long Session of a factious Scots Parliament, with an … warlike and troublesome Neighbours, who had struggled so long for Independency, shed the best Blood of their Nation, … the Entail was to end with her Majesty's Life (whom GOD long preserve) it was proper to begin the Treaty upon the …