The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volumen 12Walter Scott John Ballantyne and Company, 1823 |
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... entering upon it . He ( Lord Liverpool ) felt as strong a desire as any man , that the great work of the Abolition should be com- pleted ; and he was of opinion that it could only be done by so well - re- gulated a right of search as ...
... entering upon it . He ( Lord Liverpool ) felt as strong a desire as any man , that the great work of the Abolition should be com- pleted ; and he was of opinion that it could only be done by so well - re- gulated a right of search as ...
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... entered into a lengthened explanation of each of the above resolutions . He did not anticipate that the sum of L. 50,000 would be thought extravagant , when it was considered that one - third of that would be requisite to keep the ...
... entered into a lengthened explanation of each of the above resolutions . He did not anticipate that the sum of L. 50,000 would be thought extravagant , when it was considered that one - third of that would be requisite to keep the ...
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... entered his dis- claimer against the grant in ques- tion , as such a measure would have given great satisfaction both within and without the walls of Parliament ; that , as his Royal Highness received L. 4000 a - year as Commander - in ...
... entered his dis- claimer against the grant in ques- tion , as such a measure would have given great satisfaction both within and without the walls of Parliament ; that , as his Royal Highness received L. 4000 a - year as Commander - in ...
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... contents were pret- ty numerous , but the bill went through the Committee without a di- vision , and finally passed into a law . - BEFORE entering into the details of the Financial operations CHAP . 2. ] 35 HISTORY . 35.
... contents were pret- ty numerous , but the bill went through the Committee without a di- vision , and finally passed into a law . - BEFORE entering into the details of the Financial operations CHAP . 2. ] 35 HISTORY . 35.
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... entering into the details of the Financial operations for the year , it seems necessary , first of all , to lay before our readers a succinct account of the preliminary discus- sions which took place in Parlia- ment on the state of the ...
... entering into the details of the Financial operations for the year , it seems necessary , first of all , to lay before our readers a succinct account of the preliminary discus- sions which took place in Parlia- ment on the state of the ...
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Página 35 - I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, GOD shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book : and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, GOD shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Página 35 - For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book...
Página 330 - He never appeared, therefore, to be at all encumbered or perplexed with the verbiage of the dull books he perused, or the idle talk to which he listened ; but to have at once extracted, by a kind of intellectual alchemy, all that was worthy of attention, and to have reduced it, for his own use, to its true value and to its simplest form. And thus it often happened that a great deal more was learned from his brief and vigorous account of the theories and arguments of tedious writers, than an ordinary...
Página 329 - By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is as nothing to it.
Página 86 - The House having resolved itself into a committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Gladstone rose, and at once plunged into his statement. ' Sir,' he began, ' public expectation has long marked out the year 1860 as an important epoch in British finance.
Página 329 - Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, had read so much, or remembered what he had read so accurately and so well.
Página 330 - ... the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured. But it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law.
Página 41 - It is better that ten guilty men should escape than that one innocent man should suffer.
Página 330 - It is needless to say, that with those vast resources, his conversation was at all times rich and instructive in no ordinary degree ; but it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his > spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to...
Página 15 - Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness, that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my own part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel.