The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 9Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1820 |
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Page 36
... officers before him and inspecting their ac- counts ; and who should thus be ena bled to controul extravagance in ... officer created on account of it should , he alleged , be immediately disconti- nued . In reply to these observations ...
... officers before him and inspecting their ac- counts ; and who should thus be ena bled to controul extravagance in ... officer created on account of it should , he alleged , be immediately disconti- nued . In reply to these observations ...
Page 37
... officers in question , and had conse- quently rendered the continuance of their salaries at the war rate not only reasonable but indispensable . At a subsequent period of the session , how- ever , it was declared by Mr Warren- der ...
... officers in question , and had conse- quently rendered the continuance of their salaries at the war rate not only reasonable but indispensable . At a subsequent period of the session , how- ever , it was declared by Mr Warren- der ...
Page 60
... , lives of merriment among themselves , cut off from all other society , except , as it would seem , that of the inferior officers of the law , who not seldom mingle in their 60 [ CHAP . 5 . EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1816 .
... , lives of merriment among themselves , cut off from all other society , except , as it would seem , that of the inferior officers of the law , who not seldom mingle in their 60 [ CHAP . 5 . EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER , 1816 .
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... officers themselves . In the course of the investigation instituted by the committee , it was proved that the more respectable officers condemn the mode of their payment on both of these grounds . When any one appre- hends , or leads to ...
... officers themselves . In the course of the investigation instituted by the committee , it was proved that the more respectable officers condemn the mode of their payment on both of these grounds . When any one appre- hends , or leads to ...
Page 63
... officer to some inhabitant of the parish , and it goes by the name of a Tyburn ticket . Its value varies , of course , according to the situation of the particular parish . The officers themselves are agreed that the whole of this ...
... officer to some inhabitant of the parish , and it goes by the name of a Tyburn ticket . Its value varies , of course , according to the situation of the particular parish . The officers themselves are agreed that the whole of this ...
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