INDEX.
Coke Sir Edward, his opinion with regard to the power of the house of commons committing for contempt, vol. II. p. 175.
Colonies, those of America alienated from their natural affection to the Mother Country, vol. I. p. 8—receive spirit and argument from the declaration of Mr. Pitt and Lord Camden, p. 9—the stamp-act repealed, and a new mode of taxing the Colonies invented, ib.—the Colonists equally detest the pageantry of a King and the hypocrisy of a Bishop, p. 44.
Commons house of, the situation they are reduced to by their vote on the Middlesex election, vol I. p. 148—said to have transferred their gratitude from their parents to their benefactors, vol.II, p. 40—have assumed an authority equal to an act of the legislature, p. 51-have transferred the right of election from the collective to the representative body, p. 53—they are only interpreters to convey the sense of the people to the crown, p. 89 —did not dare to assert their own dignity when grossly attacked, p. 99—would best consult their dignity by appealing to the laws, when they are offended, p. 165.
Corsica, would never have been invaded if the British court had interposed with dignity and firmness, vol. I. p. 84.
Cromwell Oliver, with all his crimes had the spirit of an Englishman, vol. II. p. 148—an expression of his in the time of Charles I. p. 218.
