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... whole of Europe would be secured thereby . He also could not but congratulate their Lordships , that the British navy had again come to light , and that the wooden walls of Old England had shown themselves as strong as ever . He ...
... whole of Europe would be secured thereby . He also could not but congratulate their Lordships , that the British navy had again come to light , and that the wooden walls of Old England had shown themselves as strong as ever . He ...
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... whole , then men began to apply the converse of the rule of the old Roman lawyer - that rule which was the rule of common sense , dictated alike by the ex- perience of men of courts , and of human affairs , and confident as he believed ...
... whole , then men began to apply the converse of the rule of the old Roman lawyer - that rule which was the rule of common sense , dictated alike by the ex- perience of men of courts , and of human affairs , and confident as he believed ...
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... whole subject the clearest statement of the whole of the negotiations ; and when noble Lords came to consider the documents , he had the most sanguine expectations that the nature of the defence which had been pointed out by the noble ...
... whole subject the clearest statement of the whole of the negotiations ; and when noble Lords came to consider the documents , he had the most sanguine expectations that the nature of the defence which had been pointed out by the noble ...
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... whole proceeding . If , however , the ne- the settlement of affairs in that part of gociating parties preferred to act confi- the world , for he was sure that that Sove- dentially , and by private communications , reign must have felt ...
... whole proceeding . If , however , the ne- the settlement of affairs in that part of gociating parties preferred to act confi- the world , for he was sure that that Sove- dentially , and by private communications , reign must have felt ...
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... whole did not amount to 8,000 men . The troops of Ibrahim amounted to 60,000 men , in different parts of the coun- try , but the people of the country were all against him , having been driven by cruelty and oppression to desperation ...
... whole did not amount to 8,000 men . The troops of Ibrahim amounted to 60,000 men , in different parts of the coun- try , but the people of the country were all against him , having been driven by cruelty and oppression to desperation ...
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Page 745 - Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 319 - We have, then, only one resource left. We must betake ourselves to copyright, be the inconveniences of copyright what they may. Those inconveniences, in truth, are neither few nor small. Copyright is monopoly, and produces all the effects which the general voice of mankind attributes to monopoly.
Page 745 - Commissioners shall by any order under their seal of office direct, no rate for the relief of the poor in England and Wales shall be allowed by any Justices, or be of any force, which shall not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto ; that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenants...
Page 325 - Richardson's novels are among the most valuable, among the most original works in our language. No writings have done more to raise the fame of English genius in foreign countries. No writings are more deeply pathetic. No writings, those of Shakespeare excepted, show more profound knowledge of the human heart.
Page 319 - And there are only two ways In which they can be remunerated. One of those ways is patronage ; the other is copyright. There have been times in which men of letters looked, not to the public, but to the Government, or to a few great men, for the reward of their exertions. It was thus in...
Page 323 - At the time at which Milton's granddaughter asked charity, Milton's works were the exclusive property of a bookseller. Within a few months of the day on which the benefit was given at Garrick's theatre, the holder of the copyright of Paradise Lost...
Page 319 - Company? Why should we not revive all those old monopolies which, in Elizabeth's reign, galled our fathers so severely that, maddened by intolerable wrong, they opposed to their sovereign a resistance before which her haughty spirit quailed for the first and for the last time? Was it the cheapness and excellence of commodities that then so violently stirred the indignation of the English people? I believe, Sir, that I may...
Page 319 - But the good effects for the sake of which we bear with its evil effects are by no means proportioned to the length of its duration. A monopoly of sixty years produces twice as much evil as a monopoly of thirty years, and thrice as much evil as a monopoly of twenty years. But it is by no means the fact that a posthumous monopoly of sixty years, gives to an author thrice as much pleasure, and thrice as strong a motive as a posthumous monopoly of twenty years.
Page 321 - If the law were what my honorable and learned friend wishes to make it, somebody would now have the monopoly of Dr. Johnson's works. Who that somebody would be it is impossible to say; but we may venture to guess. I guess, then, that it would have been some bookseller, who was the assign of another bookseller, who was the grandson of a third bookseller, who had bought the copyright from Black Frank, the doctor's servant and residuary legatee, in 1785 or 1786.
Page 323 - ... than one will have an interest in it. They will in all probability sell it and divide the proceeds. The price which a bookseller will give for it will bear no proportion to the sum which he will afterwards draw from the public, if his speculation proves successful. He will give little, if any thing, more for a term of sixty years than for a term of thirty or five-and-twenty.