The Speeches of the Duke of Wellington in Parliament, Τόμος 2

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Σελίδα 4 - It is likewise necessary for me to dispose of the seals of the other two Secretaries of State, and I therefore place them likewise for the present in the same hands, as he is already First Lord of the Treasury and Secretary of State for the Home Office.
Σελίδα 439 - May it please Your Excellency, we, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled, humbly...
Σελίδα 721 - I never knew a man in whose truth and justice I had a more lively confidence, or in whom I saw a more invariable desire to promote the public service. In the whole course of my communication with him, I never knew an instance in which he did not show the strongest attachment to truth ; and I never saw in the whole course of my life the smallest reason for suspecting that he stated anything which he did not firmly believe to be the fact.
Σελίδα 723 - is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact martial law means no law at all...
Σελίδα 668 - Crown ; and we know that, if we should reject this Bill, it is a Bill which has been agreed to by the other two branches of the Legislature ; and that the House of Lords stands alone in rejecting this measure.
Σελίδα 105 - Writings, or Copies of the same which may be required to be produced for the Purposes of this Act, to any Person authorized by this Act to require the Production thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor.
Σελίδα 549 - We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons, in Parliament assembled, feel it our duty humbly to approach your Majesty's Throne, to record, in the most solemn manner, our fixed determination to maintain unimpaired and undisturbed the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland...
Σελίδα 516 - Marines, including those in the service of the East India Company, both European and native, for the energy, ability, and gallantry with which they have executed the various services which they have been called upon to perform. " That this House doth acknowledge and highly approve the gallantry, discipline, and uniform good conduct displayed by the petty officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the navy, army, and Royal Marines, including the troops in the service of the East India...
Σελίδα 147 - That while it is expedient to improve the composition of the Executive Council in Lower Canada, it is unadvisable to subject it to the responsibility demanded by the House of Assembly of that province.
Σελίδα 729 - Kaffirs have been carried on by the occupation of extensive regions, which in some places are called jungle, in others bush : but in reality it is thick-set, the thickest wood that can be found anywhere.

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