John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Volume 7John Frederick Smith W. Kent and Company, 1863 - Great Britain |
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... duty of saying it — that we cannot possibly draw it belongs to estimate my sufferings and my wrongs . any other inference but that there has been an adulterous Such mothers will judge of my affliction upon hearing of intercourse . the ...
... duty of saying it — that we cannot possibly draw it belongs to estimate my sufferings and my wrongs . any other inference but that there has been an adulterous Such mothers will judge of my affliction upon hearing of intercourse . the ...
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... duty here . But , in the course of this solemn inquiry , your lordships have heard from the bar of this house what I was very sorry to hear , and what I believe was never before addre sed to a court of justice . Something like a threat ...
... duty here . But , in the course of this solemn inquiry , your lordships have heard from the bar of this house what I was very sorry to hear , and what I believe was never before addre sed to a court of justice . Something like a threat ...
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... duties were imposed upon foreign ships from Europe , which had to pay more heavily than if the goods were imported under the English flag . The object of this system , which prevailed for one hundred and fifty years , was to maintain ...
... duties were imposed upon foreign ships from Europe , which had to pay more heavily than if the goods were imported under the English flag . The object of this system , which prevailed for one hundred and fifty years , was to maintain ...
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... duties and drawbacks should be imposed and allowed upon all goods equally , whether imported or exported in British or foreign vessels , giving the king in council a power to declare that such regulations should extend to all countries ...
... duties and drawbacks should be imposed and allowed upon all goods equally , whether imported or exported in British or foreign vessels , giving the king in council a power to declare that such regulations should extend to all countries ...
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... duty , vehemently resisted by the church party , that it was left he responded to that claim : " And if the duty which that optional . If the measure had been compulsory , the anti - acknowledged claim imposed upon me were this — that ...
... duty , vehemently resisted by the church party , that it was left he responded to that claim : " And if the duty which that optional . If the measure had been compulsory , the anti - acknowledged claim imposed upon me were this — that ...
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Page 79 - You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and all its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Page 404 - N. do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God.
Page 112 - ... consideration the state of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland, with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom, to the stability of the Protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his majesty's subjects.
Page 369 - Philosophers — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page 28 - November, the second reading of the bill was carried by a majority of...
Page 297 - I know, a generous heart in an intrepid breast ; — tell me, for you must needs remember — on that day when the destinies of mankind were trembling in the balance — while death fell in showers...
Page 399 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm : And I do solemnly swear, That I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant Religion or Protestant Government in the United Kingdom...
Page 340 - ... be explicitly avowed, and clearly understood, as its leading principle, that no attempt shall be made to influence or disturb the peculiar religious tenets of any sect or description of Christians.
Page 26 - ... kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the king have willed — that the queen should be deprived of its solemn service.
Page 252 - That this House resolve itself into a committee of the whole House, in order to consider the present state of the church establishment in Ireland, with the view of applying any surplus of the revenues not required for the spiritual care of its members to the general education of all classes of the people, without distinction of religious persuasion.