History of the Peace: Being a History of England from 1816 to 1854. With an Introduction 1800 to 1815, Volume 2Walker, Wise,, 1865 - Great Britain |
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... class , who in the House of Commons has won the highest reputation for sincerity of purpose , for vast abil- ity , for the eloquence of a statesman as distinguished from that of an advocate , never rises without commanding the respect ...
... class , who in the House of Commons has won the highest reputation for sincerity of purpose , for vast abil- ity , for the eloquence of a statesman as distinguished from that of an advocate , never rises without commanding the respect ...
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... class interests , will not be wondered at when we consider the preponderating power of landed property in the House of Commons at that time . The strength either of the ministry or the opposition es- sentially depended upon the ...
... class interests , will not be wondered at when we consider the preponderating power of landed property in the House of Commons at that time . The strength either of the ministry or the opposition es- sentially depended upon the ...
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... class of getters of sudden wealth ; when the whole business of cultivation was an affair of grasping ig- norance a ... classes of the community ; that the reckless prodigality of the cultivators , and their false ambition to win a ...
... class of getters of sudden wealth ; when the whole business of cultivation was an affair of grasping ig- norance a ... classes of the community ; that the reckless prodigality of the cultivators , and their false ambition to win a ...
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... class , and what were the interests of a nation . That consideration came tardily upon the most enlight- ened and disinterested of the government and the legislature . But it did come ; and it has constituted the great rallying- point ...
... class , and what were the interests of a nation . That consideration came tardily upon the most enlight- ened and disinterested of the government and the legislature . But it did come ; and it has constituted the great rallying- point ...
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... classes were exhausted . The capital which was to impel their profitable in- dustry was dried up . There was " a very general depression 3 in the prices of nearly all productions , and in the value of all fixed property , entailing a ...
... classes were exhausted . The capital which was to impel their profitable in- dustry was dried up . There was " a very general depression 3 in the prices of nearly all productions , and in the value of all fixed property , entailing a ...
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Page 186 - Antiquity deserveth that reverence, that men should make a stand thereupon and discover what is the best way; but when the discovery is well taken, then to make progression.
Page 341 - I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.
Page 336 - 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 its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent...
Page 439 - That the King's most excellent Majesty, and the Lords and Commons of Ireland, are the only power competent to make laws to bind Ireland.
Page 2 - The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed innocence from heaven descend.
Page 138 - They are not skilful considerers of human things, who imagine to remove sin by removing the matter of sin...
Page 384 - That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned.
Page 436 - ... as are consistent with the laws of Ireland, or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles II. ; and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman catholics such further security in that particular, as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Page 253 - ... whilst over the whole field, were strewed caps, bonnets, hats, shawls, and shoes, and other parts of male and female dress; trampled, torn, and bloody. The yeomanry had dismounted, — some were easing their horses...
Page 98 - Egypt for badness: and the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning.