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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... matter of history . " Yes , " said Mr. Tierney , 5 5 " and , like other matter of history , it was necessary that it should be known , because the knowledge of it bore on other times . " It appears to have been considered in the House ...
... matter of history . " Yes , " said Mr. Tierney , 5 5 " and , like other matter of history , it was necessary that it should be known , because the knowledge of it bore on other times . " It appears to have been considered in the House ...
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... matter of real importance that was to grow out of these debates . There can be no doubt , how- ever , that there was a strong and sincere belief amongst many good men that the liberties of this country were in eventual peril . Horner ...
... matter of real importance that was to grow out of these debates . There can be no doubt , how- ever , that there was a strong and sincere belief amongst many good men that the liberties of this country were in eventual peril . Horner ...
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... more general matter - all filled up the measure of the night's bill of fare ; and all were so 1 The resistance to the orders in council . — K. CHAP . II . ] MINISTERIAL DEFEAT . 27 blended 26 [ BOOK I. HISTORY OF THE PEACE .
... more general matter - all filled up the measure of the night's bill of fare ; and all were so 1 The resistance to the orders in council . — K. CHAP . II . ] MINISTERIAL DEFEAT . 27 blended 26 [ BOOK I. HISTORY OF THE PEACE .
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... matter what . ” Mr. Ward rejoiced because he sighed for the return of his friend Canning to office . But the people exulted in the abolition of the property tax upon no such narrow ground . They were suffering ; and they saw no more ...
... matter what . ” Mr. Ward rejoiced because he sighed for the return of his friend Canning to office . But the people exulted in the abolition of the property tax upon no such narrow ground . They were suffering ; and they saw no more ...
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... matter in which the nation is now , as it was then , wholly uninterested . that Civil list . In the session of 1815 ... matters that did not pertain to the personal expenses of royalty . The average expenditure of seven years up to 1811 ...
... matter in which the nation is now , as it was then , wholly uninterested . that Civil list . In the session of 1815 ... matters that did not pertain to the personal expenses of royalty . The average expenditure of seven years up to 1811 ...
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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.