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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... says : 1. He was the least eminent man that ever filled such a station . " One who did act with him writes in his diary : 2 " He was a very honest man , had many excellent qualities , and possessed very considerable talents ; but he was ...
... says : 1. He was the least eminent man that ever filled such a station . " One who did act with him writes in his diary : 2 " He was a very honest man , had many excellent qualities , and possessed very considerable talents ; but he was ...
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... say that Whitbread destroyed himself because he could not bear the triumph of his country at Waterloo . The same writer affirms that Canning betrayed to Fouché the plans of Castlereagh for CHAP . I. ] HENRY BROUGHAM . -THE ABOLITIONISTS ...
... say that Whitbread destroyed himself because he could not bear the triumph of his country at Waterloo . The same writer affirms that Canning betrayed to Fouché the plans of Castlereagh for CHAP . I. ] HENRY BROUGHAM . -THE ABOLITIONISTS ...
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... say that France has decreed that there shall be an end to this sin and shame . Other nations Mr Wilber- force . have promised . But is it to be told that where we might have commanded , there alone is resistance ? — Spain and Portu- gal ...
... say that France has decreed that there shall be an end to this sin and shame . Other nations Mr Wilber- force . have promised . But is it to be told that where we might have commanded , there alone is resistance ? — Spain and Portu- gal ...
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... says a conspicuous actor in the politics of that hour , 1 was sufficiently marvellous ; " but it appeared , if possible , still more incredible , that we should witness Lord Castlereagh entering the House of Commons , and resuming ...
... says a conspicuous actor in the politics of that hour , 1 was sufficiently marvellous ; " but it appeared , if possible , still more incredible , that we should witness Lord Castlereagh entering the House of Commons , and resuming ...
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... say You must keep your faith with the people , by abstaining from an extravagance which inexperience cannot palliate , and which poverty cannot justify . " The plain speaking of Mr. Brougham was not , therefore , without precedent . But ...
... say You must keep your faith with the people , by abstaining from an extravagance which inexperience cannot palliate , and which poverty cannot justify . " The plain speaking of Mr. Brougham was not , therefore , without precedent . But ...
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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.