The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volumen 15J. Ballantyne and Company, 1824 |
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... late ope- rations on the currency were resisted by a similar argument . But the transfer of many estates is of an older date than the establishment of tithe , yet they are not exempt ; and the unfixed nature of the tax renders it ...
... late ope- rations on the currency were resisted by a similar argument . But the transfer of many estates is of an older date than the establishment of tithe , yet they are not exempt ; and the unfixed nature of the tax renders it ...
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... late King , to quash the existing com- mission , and issue a new one ; and as , in December last , the list was finished , with only the exception of two or three counties , it must by this time be quite complete . With respect to the ...
... late King , to quash the existing com- mission , and issue a new one ; and as , in December last , the list was finished , with only the exception of two or three counties , it must by this time be quite complete . With respect to the ...
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... late special commission . What pretence was there then for abolishing jury trial in similar cases ? If the experiment of trial by jury had been attempted under all pos- sible disadvantages , and if it had been found to answer every ...
... late special commission . What pretence was there then for abolishing jury trial in similar cases ? If the experiment of trial by jury had been attempted under all pos- sible disadvantages , and if it had been found to answer every ...
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... late Majesty , the scale of prices at which the home consumption of fo- reign corn , meal , or flour , is permitted by the said act , shall cease ; and that foreign corn , meal , or flour , shall be permitted to be imported into the uni ...
... late Majesty , the scale of prices at which the home consumption of fo- reign corn , meal , or flour , is permitted by the said act , shall cease ; and that foreign corn , meal , or flour , shall be permitted to be imported into the uni ...
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... late , as to their nominal amount ; but he would show , that they were in point of fact doubled , seeing that they now required double the money produce of the quarter of wheat to what they did in the year 1813 . The amount of the poor ...
... late , as to their nominal amount ; but he would show , that they were in point of fact doubled , seeing that they now required double the money produce of the quarter of wheat to what they did in the year 1813 . The amount of the poor ...
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Página 439 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had .not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Página 190 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
Página 125 - He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God almighty : from whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At Whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
Página 185 - Friends of the People, associated for the purpose of obtaining a Reform in Parliament.
Página 218 - I have sent a stone from my sling which has smitten their Goliath in the forehead. I have fastened his name upon the gibbet, for reproach and ignominy, as long as it shall endure. — Take it down who can ! " One word of advice to Lord Byron before: I conclude.
Página 208 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Página 440 - We have, above ground, seen some strange mutations ; The Roman empire has begun and ended, New worlds have risen, we have lost old nations ; And countless kings have into dust been humbled, While not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled.
Página 52 - In proportion as society advances, these dreadful visitations become less frequent; and when, as happened here at the close of the last, and beginning of the present century...
Página 115 - ... they did not feel the least of all the members of the community — their grief was in truth too deep for utterance — sorrow clung round their bosoms, weighed upon their tongues', stifled every sound...
Página 120 - I have even avoided introducing the Deity as in Scripture (though Milton does, and not very wisely either), but have adopted his angel as sent to Cain instead, on purpose to avoid shocking any feelings on the subject by falling short of what all uninspired men must fall short in, viz., giving an adequate notion of the effect of the presence of Jehovah. The old Mysteries introduced him liberally enough, and all this is avoided in the new one.