The bill was shelved, a prorogation having taken place in consequence of a quarrel between the two Houses, supposed to have been purposely got up by Shaftesbury, in which he supported the right of the Lords to hear appeal cases, even where the defendant was a member of the Lower House. [Please select]
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On this incident Marvell remarks: "Thus a prorogation without precedent was to be warranted by an imprisonment without example." [Please select]
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This prorogation was made in the hope of preventing the election of consuls friendly to the triumvirs. [Please select]
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Most of those who had voted against the Union were dismissed from office, and after the prorogation of Parliament, the Government set to work with a determination to secure a majority before the next session. [Please select]
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The Duke of Buckingham is again one hundred and forty thousand pounds in debt, and, by this prorogation, his creditors have time to tear all his lands in pieces. [Please select]
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