Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Brougham & Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: With a Brief Memoir of His Lordship's Life |
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... labours , viz . on the 16th of June , he , in a long and masterly Speech , moved an Address to the Prince Regent , praying him to repeal or suspend the obnoxious Orders ; this Address was withdrawn , on an understanding with the ...
... labours , viz . on the 16th of June , he , in a long and masterly Speech , moved an Address to the Prince Regent , praying him to repeal or suspend the obnoxious Orders ; this Address was withdrawn , on an understanding with the ...
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... labours of which were not ( like those of former Committees on the same subject ) con- fined to the metropolis , in the course of the Session presented five reports , containing a great body of the most valuable and interest- ing matter ...
... labours of which were not ( like those of former Committees on the same subject ) con- fined to the metropolis , in the course of the Session presented five reports , containing a great body of the most valuable and interest- ing matter ...
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... labour in the business of the Court of Chancery . In the last year , he concluded his sittings on the 1st of Sep- tember , having sat but two days longer than Lord Eldon ; but by devoting more hours each day to the business of his Court ...
... labour in the business of the Court of Chancery . In the last year , he concluded his sittings on the 1st of Sep- tember , having sat but two days longer than Lord Eldon ; but by devoting more hours each day to the business of his Court ...
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... labour , their health , to offices of benevolence and mercy . How many persons do I myself know , to whom it is only necessary to say there are men without employment -children uneducated - sufferers in prison- victims of disease ...
... labour , their health , to offices of benevolence and mercy . How many persons do I myself know , to whom it is only necessary to say there are men without employment -children uneducated - sufferers in prison- victims of disease ...
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... benefactors of mankind , when they rest from their pious labours , shall be permitted to enjoy hereafter as an appropriate reward of their virtue , the privi- lege of looking down upon the blessings with which their I 4 AT GLASGOW . 119.
... benefactors of mankind , when they rest from their pious labours , shall be permitted to enjoy hereafter as an appropriate reward of their virtue , the privi- lege of looking down upon the blessings with which their I 4 AT GLASGOW . 119.
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