 power. In his (Mr. Fox's) firm opinion His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right to assume the reins of Government, and exercise the powers of Sovereignty, during the illness and incapacity of the King, as in the case of...  Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt - Pagina 4door Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 pagina’s
...and the rest of the Opposition maintained (and posterity has supported their view of the case) that " the Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right...and exercise the powers of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased God to afflict his Majesty as in... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1886 - 458 pagina’s
...Heir-apparent of full age and capacity. The Prince of Wales, he considered, "had as indisputable rights to assume the reins of government, and exercise the powers of Sovereignty at present, as in the case of his Majesty having undergone a natural and perfect demise." Mr. Pitt,... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 636 pagina’s
...could refer to—an heir apparent of full age and capacity to exercise the royal power. ... In his firm opinion, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales...to assume the reins of government and exercise the power of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased... | |
 | William Edward H. Lecky - 1887 - 634 pagina’s
...could refer to—an heir apparent of full age and capacity to exercise the royal power. ... In his firm opinion, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales...to assume the reins of government and exercise the power of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 656 pagina’s
...could refer to—an heir apparent of full age and capacity to exercise the royal power. ... In his firm opinion, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales...to assume the reins of government and exercise the power of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1887 - 588 pagina’s
...provided for did not depend upon their deliberations as a House of Parliament. It rested elsewhere. . . . The Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right...to assume the reins of government and exercise the power of sovereignty, during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1889 - 484 pagina’s
...the appointment of a regent was within the right of parliament, he opposed the motion, declaring that 'the Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right to assume the reins of government ' as in the case of the king's 'natural and perfect deruisr' (Speeches, iii. 401). As Pitt listened... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1891 - 640 pagina’s
...could refer to—an heir apparent of full age and 'capacity to exercise the royal power. ... In his firm opinion, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales...to assume the reins of government and exercise the power of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased... | |
 | 1891 - 532 pagina’s
...year 1789 was that of the regency, on account of the serious illness of the king. Fox asserted “that the Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right to assume the reins of Government as in the case of the king's natural and perfect demise.” Fox thinking he should carry his point... | |
 | Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery - 1893 - 318 pagina’s
...of what he erroneously called the Third Estate. Fox imprudently declared that " in his firm opinion the Prince of Wales had as clear, as express a right...to assume the reins of government, and exercise the power of sovereignty during the continuance of the illness and incapacity with which it had pleased... | |
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