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Page 25 - Ask where's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Page 161 - Eliz. c. 12, which recites the immemorial usage of policies of assurance, " by means whereof it cometh to pass, upon the loss or perishing of any ship, there followeth not the undoing of any man, but the loss lighteth rather easily upon many than heavy upon few, and rather upon them that adventure not than upon those that do adventure : whereby all merchants, especially those of the younger sort, are allured to venture more willingly and more freely...
Page 467 - At the first • establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division ; one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a 385 ] third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent.
Page 543 - With all its imperfections, however, we may perhaps say of it what was said of the laws of Solon, that, though not the best in itself, it is the best which the interests, prejudices, and temper of the times would admit of. It may perhaps in due time prepare the way for a better.
Page 631 - Next morning he gave him a letter to Cardinal Mazarine, and told him he must stay but three days for an answer. 'The answer I mean, Sir,' says lie, ' is the full value of what you might have made of your ship and cargo; and tell the Cardinal that if it is not paid you in three days you have express orders from me to return home.
Page 1025 - Whilst that temper prevailed, and it prevailed in all its force to a time within our memory, every measure was pleasing and popular, just in proportion as it tended to...
Page 311 - Christian instruction, even when every allowance is made for the exertions of those religious bodies which are not in connexion with the Established Church. " It is not necessary, in this Report, to enter into all the details by which the truth of this assertion might be proved. It will be sufficient to state the following facts as examples: — Looking to those parishes only, which contain each a population exceeding 10,000, we find that in London and its suburbs, including the parishes on either...
Page 631 - ... man, and that he had been concerned in no unlawful trade, he asked him if he could go to Paris with a letter ? The man answered he could. * Well, then,' says the Protector, 'prepare for your journey, and come to me to-morrow morning.
Page 495 - I have uniformly maintained, not only since I have had the honour of a seat in this House...
Page 87 - Your triumphant election on the 16th, and ejection from the Assembly on the llth, must hasten that crisis which is fast approaching in the affairs of the Canadas, and which will terminate in independence and freedom from the baneful domination of the mother country, and the tyrannical conduct of a small and despicable faction in the colony.