The speeches of ... William Pitt in the House of commons [ed. by W.S. Hathaway].1817 |
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... increase of the ex- isting taxes on consumption , by introducing evils ten times more severe than those which are imputed to this measure , it is evident that nothing can realise the principle but some extraordinary and general tax . If ...
... increase of the ex- isting taxes on consumption , by introducing evils ten times more severe than those which are imputed to this measure , it is evident that nothing can realise the principle but some extraordinary and general tax . If ...
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... increase of taxes on consumption would be more advantageous than a general tax on all income . Is the inequality or the hardship greater now than it was , or than it would be , should taxes on consumption be increased ? If not , then ...
... increase of taxes on consumption would be more advantageous than a general tax on all income . Is the inequality or the hardship greater now than it was , or than it would be , should taxes on consumption be increased ? If not , then ...
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... increased in riches than they would have been . The advantages of it are in a particular manner in favour of those on whom it will fall , in- stead of accumulating taxes on consumption , as it will bring all income to contribute more ...
... increased in riches than they would have been . The advantages of it are in a particular manner in favour of those on whom it will fall , in- stead of accumulating taxes on consumption , as it will bring all income to contribute more ...
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... increase of national wealth depend much upon the tem- per of the inhabitants - if those advantages , together with the still greater advantage of mental improvement , are all retarded by the distractions and divisions of party , by the ...
... increase of national wealth depend much upon the tem- per of the inhabitants - if those advantages , together with the still greater advantage of mental improvement , are all retarded by the distractions and divisions of party , by the ...
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... increase the prosperity and ensure the safety of Ireland , I must have seen with the deepest regret , that , at the very first moment , and before the nature of the measure could be known , it was so received . But whatever may have ...
... increase the prosperity and ensure the safety of Ireland , I must have seen with the deepest regret , that , at the very first moment , and before the nature of the measure could be known , it was so received . But whatever may have ...
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Página 370 - Army. The maintenance of a standing army, in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, is prohibited by the Bill of Rights of 1690.
Página 48 - ... greater safety, than it could be in a separate legislature. In the second place, I think it certain that, even for whatever period it may be thought necessary, after the union, to withhold from the catholics the enjoyment of those advantages, many of the objections which at present arise out of their situation would be removed, if the protestant legislature were no longer separate and local, but general and imperial...
Página 67 - Ireland have severally agreed and resolved, that, in order to promote and secure the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the strength, power and resources of the British empire, it will be adviseable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...
Página 68 - ... the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and that such a number of lords spiritual and temporal, and such a number of members of the House of Commons as shall be hereafter agreed upon by acts of the respective parliaments as aforesaid, shall sit and vote in the said parliament on the part of Ireland, and shall be summoned, chosen, and returned, in such manner as shall be fixed by an act of the parliament of Ireland previous to the...
Página 134 - ... which have hitherto prevailed; if we should hereafter see signs of stability in the Government, which are not now to be traced; if the progress of the allied army should not call forth such a spirit in France as to make it probable that the act of the country itself will destroy the system now prevailing; if the danger, the difficulty, the risk of continuing the contest, should increase, while the hope of complete ultimate success should be diminished...
Página 108 - Revolution." For the express purpose of producing the war they excited a popular tumult in Paris ; they insisted upon and obtained the dismissal of M. Delessart. A new minister was appointed in his room, the tone of the negotiation was immediately changed, and an ultimatum was sent to the Emperor, similar to that which was afterwards sent to this country, affording him no satisfaction on his just grounds of complaint, and requiring him, under those circumstances, to disarm. The first events of the...
Página 28 - Ireland, would have opened a more favourable prospect than at present exists, of the speedy accomplishment of a measure which I then stated, and which I still consider to be of the greatest importance to the power, the...
Página 68 - ... after the expiration of such limited time, to be diminished equally with respect to both kingdoms, but in no case to be increased ; that all articles which may at any time hereafter be imported into Great...
Página 69 - Union, that the charge arising from the payment of the interest, and the sinking fund for the reduction of the principal, of the debt incurred in either kingdom before the Union, shall continue to be separately defrayed by Great Britain and Ireland respectively...
Página 118 - What are its characters? Can it be accident that produced them ? No, it is only from the alliance of the most horrid principles, with the most horrid means, that such miseries could have been brought upon Europe. It is this paradox which we must always keep in mind when we are discussing any question relative to the effects of the French Revolution. Groaning under every degree of misery, the victim of its own crimes, and as I once before expressed...