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" ... assistance. As it is the right of parliament to give, so it is the duty of the crown to ask it. But on this day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels... "
Mirabeau's Letters During His Residence in England: With Anecdotes, Maxims ... - Page 213
by Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1832
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Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament ..., Volume 2

William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 496 pages
...and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on your counsels, no advice is asked of parliament ; but the crown, from itself, and by...itself, declares an unalterable determination to pursue its own preconcerted measures; — and what measures, my lord? Measures which have produced hitherto...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...this extreni: momejitoui momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels ! no advice is asked from the sober and enlightened...measures, my lords ? The measures that have produced imminent perils that threaten us ; the measures that have brought ruin to our doors. Can the Minister...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels ! no advice is asked from the sober and enlightened...now presume to expect a continuance of support, in this ruinous infatuation? Can parliament be so dead to its dignity and its duty, as to be thus deluded...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...in this extreme momentous exu gency, no reliance is reposed on your counsels — no. advice is asked of parliament. ; but the crown from itself, and by...itself, declares an unalterable determination to pursue its own preconcerted measures ; and what measures, my lords ? measures which have produced hither*...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels! no advice is asked from the sober and enlightened...now presume to expect a continuance of support, in this ruinous infatuation? Can Parliament be so dead to its dignity and its duty, as to be thus deluded...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance it reposed on Q\U con» •titiuionnl counsels !—no advice is asked from the sober and enlightened...threaten us, the measures that have brought ruin to pur door;. " Can the minister of the day now presume to expect a continuance of support, in this ruinous...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels ! no advice is asked from the sober and enlightened...to pursue measures —-and what measures, my Lords I— The measures that have produced the imminent perils that threaten us; the measures that have brought...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on your counsels; no advice is asked of parliament; but the crown, from itself, and by...itself, declares an unalterable determination to pursue its own preconcerted measures; measures which have produced hitherto nothing but disappointments and...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1814 - 736 pages
...day, and in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on our constitutional counsels! no advice is asked from the sober and enlightened...and what measures, my lords? — The measures that Lave produced the imminent perils that threaten us ; the measures that have brought ruin to our doors....
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...in this extreme momentous exigency, no reliance is reposed on your counsels — no advice is asked of parliament ; but the crown from itself, and by...itself, declares an unalterable determination to pursue its own preconcerted measures: and what measures, my lords? measures which have produced hitherto nothing...
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