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... necessary to the welfare of the country . He had no hesitation to avow the intention of ministers to continue the income - tax , on the modified scale of five per cent . He should be able , at the proper time , to show , that of all ...
... necessary to the welfare of the country . He had no hesitation to avow the intention of ministers to continue the income - tax , on the modified scale of five per cent . He should be able , at the proper time , to show , that of all ...
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... necessary , not- withstanding the flourishing condi- tion of the manufactures , commerce , and revenue of the united kingdom ! ' If this odious tax could be dispensed with - if there was any other means of going on without it , no man ...
... necessary , not- withstanding the flourishing condi- tion of the manufactures , commerce , and revenue of the united kingdom ! ' If this odious tax could be dispensed with - if there was any other means of going on without it , no man ...
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... necessary to the safety of the government ; and even with respect to that safety , how many in- stances might be found where writers are tolerated , while , to use a familiar phrase , they sailed very near the wind ' indeed . Yet such ...
... necessary to the safety of the government ; and even with respect to that safety , how many in- stances might be found where writers are tolerated , while , to use a familiar phrase , they sailed very near the wind ' indeed . Yet such ...
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... necessary , it was just , and the conqueror had a right , by the law of nations , to impose upon the conquered such terms as would prevent the recurrence of the evil , for the remedy of which the war was un- dertaken . 18 EDINBURGH ...
... necessary , it was just , and the conqueror had a right , by the law of nations , to impose upon the conquered such terms as would prevent the recurrence of the evil , for the remedy of which the war was un- dertaken . 18 EDINBURGH ...
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... necessary or not , was another question ; but he must say , that if that spirit which it breathed was one which sincerely ani- mated the emperor of Russia , and for himself he could not entertain a doubt upon the subject , there was ...
... necessary or not , was another question ; but he must say , that if that spirit which it breathed was one which sincerely ani- mated the emperor of Russia , and for himself he could not entertain a doubt upon the subject , there was ...
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Page lxxxii - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page cdxi - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry.
Page cccxv - Buoyed above the terror of death by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page cdv - And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page lxx - W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to be the Longshamps shoal.
Page ccxci - Exhibit anew those noble qualities which have placed you on the list of our most valued commanders. I will myself furnish you, as far as it may be in my power, with opportunities of regaining the esteem of your country.
Page clxxi - One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ; to permit such Persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors to make and file the same on or before the First Day of Hilary Term One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ; and to allow Persons to make and file such Affidavits, although the Persons whom they served shall have neglected to take out their annual Certificates.
Page cccxii - The person in your possession is Major John Andre, adjutantgeneral to the British army. " The influence of one commander in the army of his adversary is an advantage taken in war. A correspondence for this purpose I held ; as confidential (in the present instance) with his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton.
Page 15 - ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained.
Page lxxxvii - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...