 | 1799 - Страниц: 614
...that can keep the millions in subjection to a few lords in ermine. On the formation of the Society of the Friends- of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a parliamentary reform, which also happened in 1792, Major C. became a member; and that he was not either... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1813 - Страниц: 600
...supported in .it by several members, who were usually hostile to his administration. At a general meeting of the FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the purpose of obtaining a parliamentary reform, April 26th, after approving of and adopting unanimously, an address to the people... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - 1816 - Страниц: 418
...Earl of Oxford has declined. •i . OF THE HEPRESENTATION Of SCOTLAND. THE Report of the Committee of the Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a reform of Parliament, contains such a correct and simple statement of the origin and present state of the... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - Страниц: 452
...201 h April, 1792. At a General Meeting of the Society established on the llth iust, under the title of THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, William Henry Lanibton, Esq. in the Chair, .Received a report from the committee... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1817 - Страниц: 800
...in Parliament^ Mr. Grey then presented the following Petition, signed by the members of the society of The Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform: To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled. The... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1817 - Страниц: 438
...supported in it by several members, who were usually hostile to his administration.* * At a general meeting of the FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, associated for the purpose of obtaining a parliamentary reform, April 26th, after approving of and adopting unanimously, an address to the people... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - Страниц: 758
...Freemason's Tavern, Saturday, May 25, 1793. AT an extraordinary and numerous Meeting of the Society of the Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, held this day, EB CLIVE, esq. in the chair, Resolved, That the following address... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - Страниц: 586
...which had the greatest concurrence of opinions, and the greatest weight of authority in its favor. A petition was presented to this House in 1793, which...first place, that there is not an uniform right of voting;— secondly, that the right of voting is in too small bodies ; — thirdly, that many great... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - Страниц: 580
...which had the greatest concurrence of opinions, and the greatest weight of authority in its favor. A petition was presented to this House in 1793, which...propositions are laid down as the basis of a reform, \\lucb, to my recollection, have never yet been disclaimed, either on the part of the petitioners,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - Страниц: 1282
...petitioners, with singular clearness and force, and expressed in admirable language. It was presented in 1793, by a noble person, now one of the chief lights of...first place, that there is not an uniform right of voting; — secondly, that the right of voting is in too small bodies ; — thirdly, that many great... | |
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In that petition, certain distinct propositions are laid down as the basis of a reform, which, to my recollection, have never yet been disclaimed, either on the part of the petitioners, or of those who have succeeded them in the same pursuit The petitioners... 
